[nfbmi-talk] Fw: inescusable denials of information

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: inescusable denials of information


Mr. Farmer,


This pertains to violations of the Michigan Open meetings Act and the general provisions of the ADA and Section 504 which relates to meeting minutes and other information related to BSBP and EOC meetings.
Under the latter information is required to be remitted pro forma in a variety of formats let alone upon request at no charge. Under the Open Meetings Act the most an agency can charge is postage for this information.

Yet, you and Ms. Haynes even after being informed of these things in the pubic record still are trying to charge me big time bucks for minutes and other records related to public meetings.

Now read the OMA carefully sir as I've sent it to you and thus you were informed.

Violations can be a misdemeanor, and thus are not only civil violations of law, but criminal in nature.


Oh and by the way under the FOIA I should be able to subscribe to said minutes including proposed minutes and since they are produced electronically they don't cost a bloody thing.



Warmly,

Joe Harcz


cc: several
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farmer, Mel (LARA) 
  To: joe harcz Comcast (joeharcz at comcast.net) 
  Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:53 PM
  Subject: FW: inescusable denials of information


  Mr. Harcz, this notice is in response to the attached copy of your October 31, 2013 email wherein you make unsubstantiated claims that the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has violated your civil rights and denied your multiple requests for records/information. You also request that LARA "Simply remit requested information to me at: joeharcz at comcast.com."

   

  Please be informed that LARA records indicate the following:

  --LARA has granted several of your requests for existing, nonexempt public records/information within its 

    possession, subject to the payment of fee charges allowed under state and federal guidelines, including 

    the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. As you have been previously informed, upon payment of 

    invoiced fee charges, the requested records will be forwarded to you.

  --In response to your October 16, 2013 email to Mr. Michael Zimmer claiming that LARA is not complying 

    with the federal ADA and Section 504 of the Rehab Act of 1973, as recently as October 21, 203, I sent you 

    an email addressing these unsubstantiated claims and; clearly Illustrating that LARA was, in-fact, in 

    compliance with applicable state and federal statutes, policies, and guidelines regarding its fee charges for 

    requests exceeding $25.00 to process. 

  --Whenever LARA has denied any of your valid requests for records, you have been informed of your remedial 

    rights provided by MCL 15.240, Section 10 of the state's FOIA, including the seeking of judicial review in 

    circuit court. 

   

  Sincerely,

  /S/Melvin Farmer, Jr.

  Central FOIA Coordinator 

   

  Attachment

   

   

  From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
  Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:44 AM
  To: blind democracy List
  Cc: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov; Rodgers, Edward (LARA); Zimmer, Mike (LARA)
  Subject: inescusable denials of information

   

  October 31 1203 to Rodgers on Access to Information

   

  Happy Halloween Mr. Ed,

   

   

  You and your persons under neat you have violated my civil rights over and over again in multiple requests for basic information ranging from simple meeting minutes to direct answers about how you expend federal funds.

   

  You have done nothing but obfuscate these requests for information and have violated my civil rights clearly established to this information which would, by the way expose you and the DSA's culpability in actual criminal activity.

   

   

  For violations of the OMA are exactly that and you sir and your minions have violated  And as licensensed lawyers you haveopenly and in direct and in documented fasion violated herein a number of codes and laws relative as to ethical and professional practiece.

  the Michigan Open Meetings Act on several ocasions.

   

   

   

  As did by the way Mr. Zimmer and Mr. Arwood for all acted with knoledge,forethought  and with malicious intent against my person as clearly established with citations that even arrogent n arrogent type as you and your bossess are in again documented fashion. Violating and ignoring

   

  Simply remit requested information to me at:

   

  joeharcz at comcast.net