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Hiding Public Records

By Andy thibault

This came up -- before inquiry was shut down -- in U.S. District Court, New Haven, Friday. Regional District 10 School Superintendent Paula Schwartz admitted denying public records to Avery Doninger the previous day. Doninger was trying to research board of education policies which were readily available and in plain view. Schwartz testified toward the end of a hearing on a preliminary injunction. Judge Mark Kravitz remarked during closing arguments about Region 10 policies in general: " ... I wonder if it suggests ... there should be a policy that is available and [not] actually hidden away in the superintendent's office." Still, when Attorney Jon Schoenhorn tried to press Schwartz on her failure to produce public records in compliance with Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act, Krarvitz interjected...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 03, 2007 (boomark / email).