Travel and activities of Mayor Domenic J. Sarno

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:

These records pertain to the travel and activities of Mayor Domenic J. Sarno. Please provide copies of:
Records that exist in any of the following categories and that were created on or after January 5,
2008 until December 6, 2012:

1. All records relating to travel outside of Hampden County, Massachusetts performed by Domenic J. Sarno Mayor of Springfield, including disbursements issued to him for such travel, including but not limited to:
a. Invitation to travel;
b. Sponsor of travel;
c. Duration of travel;
d. Destination of travel;
e. Cost of travel;
f. Who paid for travel;
g. Purpose of travel.

Further Definition of Records Sought
The term “record” should be construed to mean any written, recorded, or graphic matter of any nature whatsoever, regardless of how recorded, and whether original or
copy, including, but not limited to, the following: memoranda, reports, expense reports,
books, manuals, instructions, financial reports, working papers, records, notes, letters,
notices, confirmations, telegrams, receipts, appraisals, pamphlets, magazines,
newspapers, prospectuses, interoffice and intra-office communications, electronic mail
(e-mail), contracts, cables, notations of any type of conversation, telephone calls,
meetings or other communications, bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts,
teletypes, invoices, transcripts, diaries, analyses, returns, summaries, minutes, bills,
accounts, estimates, projections, comparisons, messages, correspondence, press releases,
circulars, financial statements, reviews, opinions, offers, studies and investigations,
questionnaires and surveys, and work sheets (and all drafts, preliminary versions,
alterations, modifications, revisions, changes, and amendments of any of the foregoing,
as well as any attachments or appendices thereto), and graphic or oral records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, photographs, charts, graphs,
voicemails, microfiche, microfilm, videotape, recordings and motion pictures), and
electronic and mechanical records or representations of any kind (including, without
limitation, tapes, cassettes, disks, computer server files, computer hard drive files, CDs,
DVDs, memory sticks, and recordings) and other written, printed, typed, or other
graphic or recorded matter of any kind of nature. A record bearing any notation not a
part of the original text is to be considered a separate record. A draft of a non-identical
copy is to be construed as a separate record.
The term “relating” and “regarding” with respect to any given subject, should be
construed to mean anything that constitutes, contains, embodies, reflects, identifies,
states, refers to, deals with or is in any manner whatsoever pertinent to that subject.
The inclusion and description of particular records in this request should not be
construed to eliminate other records that are not described in particular detail if they
should exist in another format.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Jeff Davidson

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 15, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 15, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 15, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Hello,

That response was to a separate FOI request -- if he is the proper person to respond please forward this request to him as well.

Thanks

Tom
MuckRock