March 08, 2006
Truth held hostage: Day 159
Attorney General Rob McKenna informs me that the new Public Records Act Model Rules are now effective and posted online with the rest of the Washington Administrative Code. My interest here is obtaining the records, not in going to court for its own sake. So I don't mind giving Deanron's Legal Dream Team some free and friendly legal advice if it helps remind them that they have no case and that the only sane thing to do here is to produce the records. WAC 44-14-040(5)
If only a portion of a record is exempt from disclosure, but the remainder is not exempt, the public records officer will redact the exempt portions, provide the nonexempt portions, and indicate to the requestor why portions of the record are being redacted.
Any lawyer who tries to tell a judge,
as Deanron told me in his latest letter, that ALL of the records I've requested are exempt from disclosure because at most a small percentage of the records might be exempt, deserves to be laughed out of the courtroom if not also
disciplined for wasting the court's time with a frivolous defense.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at March 08, 2006
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1. The new WAC shows a 3/3/06 Effective Date.
Does that mean you have to re-file your previous request? Seems like these KLOWNS will hide behind anything to keep the truth from the Public.
And WTF....I thought newspapers used to be in the business of holding people IN POWER accountable.
DEANRON is in power.
This election fiasco has cost the public millions and dominated the news media for a year so it is certainly a relevant issue and high enough profile.
So what gives Mr. Postman and Mr. Ervins???
I'll bet your Editor has your tongue!!!
2. Stefan.
I just saw deanron at Office depot stocking up on Magic Markers.
I would hate to see what he is going to send you
J
3. Deanron needs to stop BS'ing and get with the program. Release the goods now!
4. Frivolous is exactly the word that comes to mind when I see his mug...
5. righton,
I see numbers just under his chin....
6. JCM, that's "chins." Plural.
7.
Logan is above the law. That's why he won't release the transaction logs. He believes that responding to a blogger is beneath him and that he can arbitrarily produce results that satisfy his own criteria.
Any IT person could copy the transaction logs to a CD or DVD pretty quickly. Even if they have to be restored from tape, it would not take all that long.
Logan does not want to release the transaction logs. We have to wonder why?
8. Looks like Dean Logan redacted Stefan's street address and facsimile number from his public disclosure response letter. Someone should sue Logan (Deanron) to compel this information to be disclosed. I can't imagine what law Deanron can withhold this redacted information under.
9. Stefan--
Who is your attorney?
When is the hearing?
In front of which judge?
Who is the attorney for Deanron?
10. DeanRon is still looking up the word "redact" for it's meaning.....(and how to spin it....)
He will argue that in order to "re" dact...you must have first "dacted"....And he's not sure if that will incriminate him.....(snicker...)
11. The worst thing is if this judge is friendly to KC government. He may just rule the way KC wants to protect Dean. KC judges are not known to protect the public records right to be seen. Any excuse to hide records from the public seems to be acceptable it if is in political protect the party at all cost. I have no confidence in the honesty of KC judges when it comes to hiding things from the public. Too often political dynamite is hidden by calling it Lawyer client privelege. I guess all Ron has to do is give the entire file to his lawyer then he does not have to release it you.
Anything to delay the release of anything that can prove that something fishy is going on at KC elections office. Possibly delay after the next election so they can still do business as usually. Like protect a certain Senate seat.