Comments on: Private Emails Could Be Fair Game

By: Look out, I'm next

Look out, I'm next — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:30:03 +0000

BB messenger is untraceable as it id from device to device, and unless there is a court order tracking texts, they are normally purged after 7-10 days by the carrier, but emails, they go through a server. And if the server is hooked up to a state owned computer then any activity (even a game of solitaire) should be subject FOIA. If the Gov or anyone for that fact wants to have their info protected from public scrutiny, go get a $500 notebook and $39 a month wireless plan and rock on!

By: newzjunkie

newzjunkie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:56:16 +0000

Maybe you should FOIA the data transmitted via his blackberry i.e. e-mails, bb messenger. You know, you can check your personal e-mail from a state-funded blackberry! Did anyone FOIA that?

By: 1+1=3

1+1=3 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:06:08 +0000

For the first time since his admission of an affair, Governor Mark Sanford is resuming his open door meetings with the public. Tuesday, the governor is holding another set of his Open Door After Four meetings. The meeting give the public a chance to talk to the governor one on one for about five minutes. If you have something you’d like to talk to Sanford about, call the governor’s office at 734-1999. They won’t start taking appointments until 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Maybe we could just ask him for the emails

By: Red

Red — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:51:59 +0000

State business should be done out in the open, obviously.

But who do you know that has ever gotten caught deleting or withholding public documents from a FOIA request? What if McMaster had gone in and interviewed Sanford’s aides about the missing computer a few days after Sic Willie’s FOIA request? Today, our state officials are not serious about FOIA compliance.

You tend to drive slower if you see others getting pulled over and fined for speeding. We would have a much more open accountable government if our Attorney General did some FOIA investigations and audits from time to time.

By: liz

liz — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:23:01 +0000

McMaster believes in FOIA when it is convenient… just like every other law.

We have a right to know what our Governor has done to this state before he gives up his title.

By: Um,no

Um,no — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:06:40 +0000

Here’s another pretty simple rule: Don’t destroy the attorney-client privilege by revealing what your attorney told you.

By: Father

Father — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:57:29 +0000

Mr. Folks,

We’d like for you to publish the FOIA request and results of your FOIA request to the governor.

Bad Daddy