Town Attorney Takes On FOI Requests.......

Wayyyyyyyy back on February 11th, I did a blog about a FOI request regarding e-mails between Tim Poley and the Supervisor and Town Board. It was stated on a couple of invoices that there were e-mail exchanges concerning Kings Park. You can read all of the FOI information (from January) by clicking here. (Please notice that on the documents that are labeled "Purchase Order & Claim Voucher" - "temporary" is xxx'd out. The Senior Center wasn't going to be a "temporary" move.)

The two invoices that mention e-mails are below:



A FOI request was sent in for the e-mails. It was denied because there "are no e-mails from Tim Poley for the time requested."


The resident asked that the Supervisor sign off on this, because the invoice states that there were e-mails, but the denial states that there are no e-mails from Tim Poley.

Apparently, the Town Attorney feels it is necessary to "cover" for the Supervisor, and is taking the blame for not getting back to the resident sooner, and questions why the need for a "sign off" on this denial. It's a pretty simple FOI request. There are invoices. On those invoices are stated general e-mail between Tim Poley and the Supervisor and Town Board. Those are the e-mails that are being foiled.
That is the "scope". Two invoices stating e-mails, those e-mails are being requested. I'm sure if it were three invoices, it would be a hat-trick, and much easier to find them.....right, Mr. Malgieri?

Here are the e-mails on this simple subject. (Guess sunshine week is over?)