Disruptive requests
Denied: Appeal on homeowner association records provided
August 03, 2009
Denied: An appeal on a request
for records from Newtown Township, which the
township denied, stating it had previously
provided access to the records and deemed the
citizen a “disruptive requester.” Read
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Denied: DEP records including well location, and answers to questions
July 29, 2009
Denied: Several individual
requests for records from the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection related to
a coal fly-ash dump near the requester’s home.
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Denied: DEP investigative records into blast
July 20, 2009
Denied: Records from the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection related to blasting that took place
near the requester's home five years ago.
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Denied: Request for township ordinance documents already provided
June 26, 2009
Denied: A request to Plumstead
Township for documents related to the adoption of
26 ordinances. The township had denied two parts
of the five-part request as failing to be
sufficiently specific, and denied the other three
parts as disruptive, saying it had provided the
requester with the same records in 2007.
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Granted: Township records from tax collector
June 19, 2009
Granted: A request for tax
records for 10 properties from Springfield
Township. The township had denied the records,
saying it was not required to create record, that
it did not have the authority to release the
records, and that real estate tax records don't
fall under the purview of the township.
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Denied: Mine subsidence claim records as investigative
June 01, 2009
Denied: A request seeking
records of mine subsidence damage claims
"received, investigated or known" to the
Department of Environmental Protection in four
counties. Read
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Denied: Fifth appeal from requesters for L&I records
May 18, 2009
Denied: A fifth request for
records regarding the requesters' Wage Payment
and Collection Claim with the Department of Labor
& Industry. Read
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Granted: Unredacted legal records or itemized reasons for redactions
May 18, 2009
Granted: A request for vouchers,
financial disclosure statements and a copy of a
lawyer-client agreement from Dickinson Township,
where the township had provided copies of
redacted documents but not itemized legal reasons
for each redaction. Read
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Granted: Lehigh Twp. garbage collection bills
May 06, 2009
Granted: A request for garbage
collection bills from Lehigh Township. The
township had withheld the records citing a right
to privacy. Read
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Granted: Multiple requests denied by township as 'disruptive'
April 17, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Requests to Newtown Township
seeking various financial records and manuals.
The Office of Open Records found that the
township willfully refused to respond to the
requests without good cause and failed to comply
with the Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: 20 requests for school district email, correspondence
April 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Thirty-six requests to the
Methacton School District for emails and letters
to or from school board members and/or staff
concerning district business and activities. The
Office of Open Records found that the school
district did not prove that any of the requests
were exempt as predecisional deliberations, but
also cautioned the requester about his voluminous
and duplicative request.
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