Cuccinelli Says 'Freedom of Information Act' Doesn't Apply to Me (he's also infallible)

[JPZenger]

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-19/local/39376836_1_cuccinelli-virginia-supreme-court-office-responds

Excerpts:

"Va. Attorney Gen. Cuccinelli (R) has asserted that the state’s freedom of information laws do not apply to the Office of the Attorney General, a break from past practice.

While Cuccinelli’s office has continued to respond to requests for documents under the law — which says that except in certain instances, all records of public bodies should be accessible to the public — it has begun to insert new language into its responses citing a 2011 Virginia Supreme Court case to support the claim that the law does not apply to the office.

The Office indicated in a letter last week to one recent FOIA request lodged by open government advocate Waldo Jaquith that a “good faith argument” could be made that the office responds to FOIA inquiries merely as a “courtesy.... Jaquith dismissed that notion. He noted that the General Assembly has provided specific exemptions to the law to protect some papers of the attorney general’s office from public review. Why would the legislature outline specific exemptions for the office, he reasoned, if it did not intend for the statute to otherwise apply?"
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Remember, this is the same bozo who forced the University of Virginia to spend a fortune in a lawsuit when he tried to force them to turn over emails of a former climate researcher, under this same law.

[aquart]

1. Ain't he sweet?

[southernyankeebelle]

2. Goodness I truly hope the people of VA don't vote this crazy guy in office.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. You mean, "yet another office."

He's been in various offices for years.

[southernyankeebelle]

6. true. hopefully the women will stop him.

[ellenfl]

3. when did he become pope? eom

[blkmusclmachine]

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