BBV update: "That'll be about a dollah"

[faithfull]

Edit The KO stuff from yesterday is off of the page. And this was updated this morning. There is some intense obstruction in FL.



Updated FRIDAY DEC. 3, 2004: LePore ups the ante: $3,000 ... no, $4,000 ... no, $7,000 for election records.

Though she has yet to present us with a bill, Theresa LePore has been upping the ante every time she talks to the media. It will be at least $3,000, she told the Orlando Sentinel.

That is ... $4,000, she told the Palm Beach NBC affiliate.

Now the $4,000 is for "research" and the $3,000 is for "copies."

Lessee now...at $20 per hour for "research," that is 500 hours to retrieve the same records request that most counties are charging $20 for.

"How much will it be?" Andy Stephenson asked another Florida county, up in the north panhandle.

"Oh, that'll be about a dollah," the supervisor said.

My my my. LePore's records must be gold-plated. We are supposed to get the official bill tomorrow.

Snohomish County wants about $2,500 for their records.

We also did statewide FOIA requests in all 50 states. Texas gave the records to us for free. Colorado charged $1,900 for 3,500 pages of documents. Michigan wants $125,000 just to look for the records. (All got the exact same request.)

(This is what democracy looks like?)


:donut:

[Jersey Devil]

1. That's not "obstruction", just ballbusting

Is this the answer to "show Keith the tapes"?

Somehow I don't think this is going to cut it.

[carolinalady]

4. I thought the ones in the trash were free. n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Hmmmm...

(This is what democracy looks like?)

And you didn't forsee this problem when you adopted this tactic?

David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org

edit: typo

[righteous1]

3. $125,000 in Michigan. JEEEZ what are they hiding? n/t

[anamandujano]

5. good point

I say the greater the struggle, the higher the price, the bigger the lie.

[Moderator]

6. Please post your update here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=106819&mesg_id=106819