Keeping Secrets 2

It's now been 32 days, and counting, since I first made a request for the Lenoir City 2024-2025 salary information.  So far, the three folks above are apparently preventing the release of that public information. The mystery is, why?

The last contact I had from anyone was the city attorney, Walter Johnson. Johnson acknowledged the receipt of my request on October 17th.

Oct 17 at 9:29 AM

From Walter Johnson 
To: Van Shaver, CC, Amber Scott Kelso 

Thank you for your email.  I will review your request and respond appropriately.
 
Walter Johnson

With his acknowledged receipt of my request, according to the state open records law, Mr. Johnson has seven business days to respond to my request. 1) to provide the requested information, 2) to let me know that my request will require longer than seven days to provide or 3) to provide a legal reason the requested information can not be provided. The seven day deadline is today.

I should be hearing something shortly. I'll keep you posted.

Sadly, both of these stories, and probably more, could have been avoided all together if the city officials had just simply complied with the law and provided the requested documents.

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10/28/24