[nfbmi-talk] Fw: foia cannon bauer campaign 2002

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: foia cannon bauer campaign 2002


Wow. I think that wuld be an "undue hardship" on a citizen.

Sincerely,

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 
  To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 
  Cc: Arwood, Steve (LARA) ; Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair ; lydia Schuck MCB Comm. ; John Scott MCB Comm. ; Larry Posont MCB Comm. ; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org ; Cannon, Patrick (DELEG) ; Haynes, Carla (DELEG) ; Brown, Melanie (LARA) ; Morrow, Mario (LARA) 
  Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 11:01 AM
  Subject: RE: foia cannon bauer campaign 2002


  Mr. Joseph Harcz, this notice is in response to your July 8, 2011 email (attached) for copies of nonexempt records/information you describe as "any phone records or any e-mail or other correspondences made during working hours by Patrick Cannon during 2002 relative to the following campaign an campaign contribution: ELIZABETH W BAUR FOR ST BOARD OF EDUCATION."

   

  Please be informed that this request is being processed under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq. In order to comply with your request, a search must be performed to determine whether the Department has information/records from 2002 to present time responsive to the request. Pursuant to MCL 15.234, Section 4)3) of the FOIA, the Department must assess certain processing costs to comply with this request. The failure to charge for labor and other related costs, in this particular instance, would result in unreasonably high costs to the Department because of the number of records/files that must be reviewed in order to locate any requested records; to separate/redact exempt from nonexempt material; and the need to engage non-Departmental resources.

   

  As explained to you regarding previous requests for records/information involving multiple years, records/information over 3 years old are generally purged from state records/computers. In order to search for and/or retrieve any such records/information, the Department would have to engage the services of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB). As also explained, DTMB generally charges the requesting Department thousands of dollars (up to $15,000.00), payable in advance, to perform the search/retrieval services. 

   

  If you wish the Department to proceed with this request, pursuant to MCL 15.234, Section 4(2), the Department will require a good faith deposit of $5,000.00 payable to:

       STATE OF MICHIGAN

       Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

       Michigan Commission for the Blind

       Office Services Mailroom 

       7150 Harris Drive, P.O. Box 30015

       Lansing, MI 48909

   

  Upon payment of the deposit, the Department will proceed with processing this request; notify you of any balance due the Department or refund owed to you; the statutory basis of for any claimed exemptions; and any applicable remedial rights you may have. 

   


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  From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
  Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 7:36 AM
  To: Farmer, Mel (LARA)
  Cc: Arwood, Steve (LARA); Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair; lydia Schuck MCB Comm.; John Scott MCB Comm.; Larry Posont MCB Comm.; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
  Subject: foia cannon bauer campaign 2002

   

  July 8, 2011

   

   

  FOIA Bauer 2002 Cannon

   

   

  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

  1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

  Mt. Morris, MI 48458

  Cell: 810-516-5262

   

  To: Melvin Farmer

  Michigan LARA,FOIA

  Via: e-mail

   

  Dear Mr. Farmer,

   

  I am writing today to request any phone records or any e-mail or other correspondences made during work hours by Patrick Cannon during 2002 relative to the following campaign and campaign contribution:

  "ELIZABETH W BAUER FOR ST BOARD OF ED

  510752-CAN

   

  DIRECT

   

  PATRICK CANNON

  1769 PINE CREEK CIRCLE

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-MICH. COM. FOR THE BLIND

   

  HASLETT

  MI 48840-0000

   

  08/14/02

   

  $100.00

   

  $135.00"

   

  Sincerely,

   

  Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

   

  Cc: MCB Board

  Cc: NFB MI

  Cc: Steve Arwood, LARA Deputy Director