When a Sacramento attorney made a broad public records request to the city of Rancho Palos Verdes on behalf of anonymous residents last year, municipal staff members were thrown into a tizzy seeking to respond.
Eventually, more than 10,000 pages of documents were produced, and boxes of printed e-mails and records sat stacked and waiting to be picked up at City Hall.
But no one ever came for most of the documents, which had to do with the city's information technology provider, crime, city budgets and other matters.
"It was an arduous, arduous task for the city. To put everybody through this exercise for no reason, that really galled me," City Attorney Carol Lynch said.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Anonymous Client Abandons Massive Document Request Directed to RPV
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Greetings to you Mr. Lewis!
ReplyDeleteIt is WONDERFUL to find another blog dealing with Rancho Palos Verdes!
Our city is spread out over a vast area of the peninsula and there is quite a lot of information to pass along and have as many folks as possible learn and comment on issues related to our city and other areas on the peninsula.
I want to thank you for your coverage of matters relating to Ponte Vista at San Pedro and publicizing all the negative news that has come about recently, in the news.
I am certainly going to bookmark this blog and regularly look for more news about Rancho Palos Verdes and other areas that impact our city and our residents.
I will also provide links to this blog on my other blogs so folks can find this blog while visiting my blogs.
I am also very glad to read your opinion on matters. It is important for all interested individuals to express their own opinions, whether we agree with them or not.
We live in a very interesting city that can be very quirky at times. We have a roadway that has moved from one side of a major highway, to another side of the highway. We have a City Council Chamber well over a mile away from our city's City Hall. We have residents in just about every income level and we even have a billionaire or two that likes to stir up trouble, in our city.
Good luck. Happy writing and sharing. 2009 is going to be a very interesting year!
Mark Wells
aka M Richards