PAC Issues 8th Binding Opinion of 2021
A regular reader sent us a copy of the most recent PAC binding opinion - as many of you know, the Attorney General's website is still not fully operational so the public still cannot access any of the binding opinions issued by the Public Access Counselor.
Earlier this year, a reporter submitted a FOIA request to the Office of
the Mayor of the City of Chicago seeking text messages sent or
received by Mayor Lightfoot regarding conversations between Mayor Lightfoot and
certain hospital personnel on their personal or city-issued devices. Although the
Mayor’s Office properly extended the time to respond to the FOIA request by an
additional five business days, the Mayor’s Office subsequently failed to either
comply with the request or deny the request in writing within the extended
response period. In PAC Op. 21-008, the PAC concluded that the Mayor Office
violated FOIA section 3(d), which requires public bodies to either comply with,
deny in whole or in part, or otherwise appropriately respond to a FOIA request.
Nothing groundbreaking in this opinion.
Post Authored by Eugene Bolotnikov, Ancel Glink
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