The mayor’s staff is once again refusing to release public records as required by the state’s Freedom of Information Law.
Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon’s administration is once again violating the Freedom of Information Law.
The latest example: For more than three months, City Hall has ignored a FOI request for documents related to the proposed sale of the city’s parking ramps. Scanlon wants to sell four downtown parking structures to an independent authority in a bid to close budget gaps.
City Hall ignoring requests for public records has proven to be a pattern. Earlier this year, the Scanlon administration ignored a request for Scanlon’s daily calendar until Investigative Post appealed. Those records ultimately revealed Scanlon had held meetings where the “privatization” of the publicly-owned Kleinhans Music Hall was discussed. Scanlon’s administration also delayed, in violation of the law, requests for records related to streetlight maintenance and documents related to the mayor’s salary…