The attorney hired by the city of Marion following the raids on a Kansas newsroom has blocked access to records that should be publicly available under state law.
The article states the Kansas Law which is pretty clear:
The law states:
“Public record” means any recorded informations, regardless of form, characteristics or locations, that is made, maintained or kept by or is in possession of
(A) Any public agency; or
(B) any officer or employee of a public agency pursuant to the officer’s or employee’s official duties and that is related to the functions, activities, programs or operations of any public agency.
That’s fine, but it doesn’t mean the courts belive it empowers an agency to look through it’s members private communications for the possibility of relation to official duties. I’d be curious what they have to say on the subject.
Cody’s resignation letter was provided to the I-Team by the newspaper’s attorney. The email was sent from Cody’s private email account to Marion Mayor David Mayfield’s private email.
I don’t think the article really brought enough attention to the above sentence. There is already a business record showing that public duties are being performed using personal emails.
The article states the Kansas Law which is pretty clear:
That’s fine, but it doesn’t mean the courts belive it empowers an agency to look through it’s members private communications for the possibility of relation to official duties. I’d be curious what they have to say on the subject.
Cody’s resignation letter was provided to the I-Team by the newspaper’s attorney. The email was sent from Cody’s private email account to Marion Mayor David Mayfield’s private email.
I don’t think the article really brought enough attention to the above sentence. There is already a business record showing that public duties are being performed using personal emails.