Comments on: FOIA’s Flying http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:00:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Benjamin Wright http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-63656 Benjamin Wright Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:03:43 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-63656 A principle of the Information Age: Government is wise to organize itself and its records so it can swiftly and efficiently respond to <a href="http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2008/08/local-government-e-mail-and-the-freedom-of-information-act.html" title="publc records law" rel="nofollow">freedom-of-information-act requests</a>. Resistance to such requests is wasteful and makes government look out-of-touch. --Ben A principle of the Information Age: Government is wise to organize itself and its records so it can swiftly and efficiently respond to freedom-of-information-act requests. Resistance to such requests is wasteful and makes government look out-of-touch. –Ben

]]> By: anonymous http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-63088 anonymous Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:42:12 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-63088 SLED Director Reggie Lloyd is shuckin' and jive'in on most recent FOIA request SEE FULL STORY: Lloyd terms records 'a joke' http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/aug/04/lloyd_terms_records_joke91360/ SLED Director Reggie Lloyd is shuckin’ and jive’in on most recent FOIA request

SEE FULL STORY:

Lloyd terms records ‘a joke’
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/aug/04/lloyd_terms_records_joke91360/

]]> By: reprobate http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62995 reprobate Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:09:51 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62995 Will, you are quoted in this one: http://www.thesunnews.com/575/story/1005424.html Will, you are quoted in this one:

http://www.thesunnews.com/575/story/1005424.html

]]> By: Cooter Brown http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62991 Cooter Brown Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:31:27 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62991 Da line betwix publick an' private iza wiggly one! Don know whare da line outta be drawn an' hoo outta draw it. While it sounds gud to hab axcess t' deese private accounts, it mae ear-ace da publick-private distintshun an' dat don quite seem proper eitha. Deir's gotta be a middle way on dis issue. Sho', da gubnor werks fer us, but heeze also a citizen. All bitness outta be done on official acctounds an' all personal bitness outta be done on anotha account. If deir izza a quesktun as t' th' nature ov th' bitness, put it on da bitness account. Dat bein' said, wee caint really trust our current gobner t' know da difference... Da line betwix publick an’ private iza wiggly one! Don know whare da line outta be drawn an’ hoo outta draw it.

While it sounds gud to hab axcess t’ deese private accounts, it mae ear-ace da publick-private distintshun an’ dat don quite seem proper eitha.

Deir’s gotta be a middle way on dis issue. Sho’, da gubnor werks fer us, but heeze also a citizen.

All bitness outta be done on official acctounds an’ all personal bitness outta be done on anotha account. If deir izza a quesktun as t’ th’ nature ov th’ bitness, put it on da bitness account.

Dat bein’ said, wee caint really trust our current gobner t’ know da difference…

]]> By: anonymous http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62969 anonymous Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:16:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62969 The Fox and the Henhouse Sanfraud denying public records requests, governor says, 'Trust me' ..."the governor's office is arguing that an embattled public official has the right to choose which documents in his possession are actually public, and that he can withhold any he wants by simply claiming a right to privacy. Such a claim effectively removes any checks on that public official, said Hershel Fink, an attorney who successfully sued to unseal text-messages that proved Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was having an affair with a staffer, leading to his downfall and imprisonment. Kilpatrick likewise fought the release of electronic documents on privacy grounds, and Fink said the public is right to wonder what officials are hiding when they refuse to release records. "This all came about because these electronic communications existed and were made available," Fink said. "And you can't trust the fox to guard the henhouse." http://www.thesunnews.com/opinion/story/1005510.html The Fox and the Henhouse

Sanfraud denying public records requests, governor says, ‘Trust me’

…”the governor’s office is arguing that an embattled public official has the right to choose which documents in his possession are actually public, and that he can withhold any he wants by simply claiming a right to privacy. Such a claim effectively removes any checks on that public official, said Hershel Fink, an attorney who successfully sued to unseal text-messages that proved Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was having an affair with a staffer, leading to his downfall and imprisonment.

Kilpatrick likewise fought the release of electronic documents on privacy grounds, and Fink said the public is right to wonder what officials are hiding when they refuse to release records.

“This all came about because these electronic communications existed and were made available,” Fink said. “And you can’t trust the fox to guard the henhouse.”

http://www.thesunnews.com/opinion/story/1005510.html

]]> By: Maria Belen Chapur Emails | Headline News http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62954 Maria Belen Chapur Emails | Headline News Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:32:20 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62954 [...] might include Maria Belen Chapur, whose love affair with South Carolina Gov. …   FOIA's Flying… emails among the reams of public data he made available to reporters after disclosing his [...] [...] might include Maria Belen Chapur, whose love affair with South Carolina Gov. …   FOIA's Flying… emails among the reams of public data he made available to reporters after disclosing his [...]

]]> By: Longshot http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62951 Longshot Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:15:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62951 I suspect before long there will be requests for staff email in the Governor's office as well. That will be a treasure trove of good stuff. I suspect before long there will be requests for staff email in the Governor’s office as well. That will be a treasure trove of good stuff.

]]> By: Longshot http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62944 Longshot Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:53:05 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62944 Every candidate for Governor should be asked at every stump meeting his position on FOIA and what should or should not be released Every candidate for Governor should be asked at every stump meeting his position on FOIA and what should or should not be released

]]> By: anonymous http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62894 anonymous Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:43:49 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62894 Clerk of Court resigns after she is charged with embezzlement FULL STORY: http://www.islandpacket.com/1482/story/920724.html Elizabeth Smith's INDICTMENT: http://media.islandpacket.com/smedia/2009/07/30/17/20090730160057557.source.prod_affiliate.9.pdf Clerk of Court resigns after she is charged with embezzlement

FULL STORY:
http://www.islandpacket.com/1482/story/920724.html

Elizabeth Smith’s INDICTMENT:
http://media.islandpacket.com/smedia/2009/07/30/17/20090730160057557.source.prod_affiliate.9.pdf

]]> By: shiya http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/07/31/foias-flying/#comment-62893 shiya Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:40:44 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=26539#comment-62893 Looks like Sanford is intent on dragging everyone down. Looks like Sanford is intent on dragging everyone down.

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