[Vision2020] ID Public Records Law: UI

[lfalen]

The UI knows that most people lack the resources to go to district court and therefore will call your bluff. I have tried to get this changed by having the inforcement to the law be the Attorney  Generals Office other than the  district court. My proposed bill has never gotten out of committee. One should not give up hope though. I tried unsuccessfully to get the penalties raised for violating the open meeting law. I see that in the last session that they were increases some.
Roger
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From: "Saundra Lund" v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:13:33 -0700
To: "'Moscow Vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] ID Public Records Law:  UI

> Visionaries:
> 
> As some of you know, I'm on a quest to understand why UI employees pay so
> much more for health insurance than other state employees, and Rose Huskey
> has kindly been helping.
> 
> The cost difference is shocking -- we're not talking chump change here.  For
> those interested in details, an employee in the state insurance pool with a
> spouse and two children pays $109 per MONTH for decent Blue Cross of Idaho
> PPO coverage while it would cost a UI employee about $191 PER PAY PERIOD for
> similar but inferior coverage.  This doesn't include the mandatory $5.50 per
> pay period "wellness" TAX Moscow campus employees are assessed.
> 
> Reviewing publicly available information has raised more questions about
> what in the world is going on than have been answered.
> 
> The unfortunate situation is that the UI has been . . . less than responsive
> to our questions and to public records requests.  Indeed, it's been
> suggested more than once that the UI's secrecy and unwillingness to offer
> reasonable explanations is reminiscent of previous UI scandals.
> 
> It doesn't help the situation that the UI chose -- unbeknownst to employees
> -- to get into bed with a *huge* Tea Bagger, and that publicly available
> information points the finger at this tea bagger and his company for the
> September, 2008 deductible debacle.
> 
> In any case, the UI has opted to completely ignore one public records
> request -- the clock is still ticking on a second public records request.
> According to public records law, failure to respond within ten business days
> of a request deems the request denied, and the only recourse is district
> court.  It certainly doesn't speak well of UI counsel that they can't even
> compose a basic denial letter that complies with Idaho Public Records law.
> 
> So, the purpose of this post is to ask if any Visionaries have needed to go
> to district court to force compliance with Idaho Public Records law?  If so,
> Rose & I would greatly appreciate hearing from you, either here on the Viz
> or privately, particularly if you've opted to represent yourself because we
> lack resources to retain an attorney to force the UI to comply with Idaho
> Public Records Law.
> 
> 
> As Always TIA,
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> ~ Edmund Burke
> 
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