latest from Templeton town administrator weekly report.
Our office has been receiving daily public records requests this week which has triggered a queue.
Each will be handled on a first come, first serve basis within the allowable time. We have a couple habitual records requestors in Town. I will be looking into the possibility of adding a part-time public records access officer/archivist position for the Town to respond to each accordingly. I will be examining with the Chair to see if we should post a log within the Weekly of the requestor’s name and whether they were assessed a fee or not.
Well, well well, it has come to try and intimidate people for asking for public information.
Habitual records requesters, well, I, Jeff Bennett have been asking for many public records of late and I have no intention of stopping. I know of another person who is requesting alot of information because the TA and others in town government are less than transparent. State law is almost everything that comes into town hall is public information. The TA is one of the towns record access officers per MGL. Apparently he does not like doing that job. Again, better transparency, less lying, less bullshit and answer the questions and maybe you get fewer requests for records. Obey the law, follow town bylaws and follow your own policy and maybe get fewer requests. You are not going to embarrass me mr. TA, just going to make me dig more and request more, make you earn your 100K per year.
Well, Paint a big Scarlet "R" on my chest as I to am a Habitual Requester. Honestly, I've been called habitual before and if the TA thinks calling me a Habitual Requester is on the list of things that I wouldn't Frame, well, let's party!
ReplyDeleteThe thing with Adam is that its not really even making him do much cause the records dont exist. Nobody did the job. Maybe thats whats upsetting the office.
More than half the receipts, bills, agreements and contracts I've asked for are either "no response" because we don have records . How many times have you read " RAO does not need to create or explain"
I personally like how the TA and Chairman discussed some sort of "shaming method" and showing how much the individual wasn't charged. Ow, Adam, Who determines the need to charge for records? Is it me? Is it Jeff?
Employees using town weekly reports to complain about legal request for information should create a discussion with the Select Board, but not about the Requesters. Mikey, Adam and Holly, doing whats best for the citizens and the law.................lol