Kentucky’s Open Records Act blocks access to important public records, ‘inclination to deny’

By David RotensteinNKyTribune staff writer

Daniel Woodie wants to get public records from Kenton County and the City of Covington that he believes could clear his name after a Kenton County judge in 2024 granted an interpersonal protective order (also known as an IPO) against him. A Kenton County woman had claimed that Woodie was stalking her.

Woodie is a former Kentucky resident who now lives in Cincinnati. Because he doesn’t live in Kentucky, Woodie couldn’t request public records. Instead, he enlisted a childhood friend, Florence city council member Angie Cable, to help him get them.

Cable submitted open records requests to law enforcement agencies in Kenton County. She also used a provision in the Open Records Act authorizing Woodie to submit open records requests on her behalf…

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