PawSox Emails
| Submitted | Dec. 15, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Dan Coates
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
All communications with House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello and his staff from December 2018 until September 2018 regarding PawSox, or Pawtucket.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Dan Coates
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 15, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: General Assembly
Dear Mr. Coates,
We are in receipt of your APRA Requests and will be responding within the ten business day time frame allowed by RI General Laws 38-2-3 (e). As you sent your request on a Sunday (12/15/2019), it was not received by this office until 12/16 (day 0). Day one began on 12/17 and with the holiday and weekend, the deadline to respond is 12/31/2019.
Sincerely,
Kathy Jackson
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From: General Assembly
Dear Mr. Coates,
Please find attached a letter invoking a twenty (20) day extension in order to properly process the three (3) Access to Public Records Act Requests you submitted to this office via email on December 15, 2019.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Jackson
Public Info
Joint Committee on Legislative Services
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 15, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: General Assembly
To Whom it May Concern:
Please find attached our response invoking the 20 day extension sent by me to you on 12/30/2019. We will be responding within the extension period.
Kathleen Jackson
JCLS
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~WRD000
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 15, 2019. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: General Assembly
To Whom it May Concern:
We are in receipt of your Public Records Request seeking "all communications with House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello and his staff from December 2018 until September 2018 regarding PawSox or Pawtucket."(emphasis added) Your request is governed by the Access to Public Records Act contained in R.I.G.L. Chapter 38-2. In response to a request for public records, an agency is required to make available for public disclosure those records that are responsive to a request, are in the possession of the agency and are not otherwise exempted from disclosure.
Notwithstanding the confusing nature of the timeframe for which you request such records, please be advised that this office does not maintain records of all communications involving members of the General Assembly.
However, if such records did exist they would be exempt from public disclosure in whole pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws § 38-2-2(4)(M) which exempts "correspondence of or to elected officials with or relating to those they represent and correspondence of or to elected officials in their official capacities."
Accordingly, email communications that are kept by the Office of Legislative Data are also exempt from public disclosure in whole pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws § 38-2-2(4)(M).
In accordance with R.I.G.L. § 38-2-8, you may appeal this decision to Frank Montanaro, JCLS Director, at 82 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02903; or, you may file a complaint with the Department of the Attorney General, 150 South Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, or the Rhode Island Superior Court of the county where the record(s) are maintained.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Jackson
Public Info
Joint Committee on Legislative Services
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~WRD000
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