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you should not have to pay the court costs to fight a system denying you access to public records. the agencies should be required by law to issue an exacting s

you should not have to pay the court costs to fight a system denying you access to public records. the agencies should be required by law to issue an exacting statement as to why the request is denied and reference a law based reason for that denial. As in, there should be an easily addressable list of reasons to deny a specific records request. going to court is outright intimidation

smsm42 9y ago
> you should not have to pay the court costs to fight a system denying you access to public records True, but that's what it always took if the agency you are asking is stonewalling (and they regularly do). As explained above, the new bit turns out they found a way to do it cheaper, so that they can avoid legal costs shifted to them (probably can be fixed by a law, but didn't happen yet).