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Original Request:

Subject: Public records request
Date: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:45 AM

Sept. 22, 2008
Governor Sarah Palin
attn: Michelle Fabrello
Anchorage Office
550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1700
Anchorage, AK 99501

Dear Governor Palin:

This is a request under the Alaska Public Records Act [AS 40.25.110] for records. I request the following public records:

  • All schedules, calendars, itineraries of Governor Sarah Palin between the dates of 1/1/2007 and 9/15/08. Emails between Sarah Palin and John Coghill with the words "abortion" and/or "AGIA" from 1/1/07 through 9/17/08. Emails between Sarah Palin and Fred Dyson with the words "abortion" and/or "AGIA" from 1/1/07 through 9/17/08.
  • All emails from Sarah Palin from 1/1/07 to 9/15/08, containing any of the following words: Babysitter Childcare McCain Obama Democrat Huckabee Wal-mart Eskimo Natives Kuwait Passport Ruedrich Kopp
  • All emails between Sarah Palin and Todd Palin from 1/1/07 through 9/18/08 with any of the following words: Vote Veto Budget Oil Monogan Wooten
  • All emails between Sarah Palin and Molly McCann between the dates of 1/1/2007 and 9/18/08with the words, "Wooten" or "Monogan"
  • Emails from Sarah Palin with the word "Tibbles" from 4/1/08 through 6/30/08.

Thank you,
Patti Higgins, chair
Alaska Democratic Party 360-2561

Kay Brown
Alaska Communications Director, DNC
Phone: (907) 258-3050
Fax: (907) 258-1626
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Web: www.alaskademocrats.org
Mail: 2602 Fairbanks Stt, Anchorage, Alaska 99503

 

Public Records Extension Request:

 

Objection to Records Request Extension:

From: Deborah Williams
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 11:39 AM
To: ' This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '
Cc: 'Perez, Linda J (GOV)'
Subject: Objection to the Records Request Extention

Dear Attorney General,

The Alaska Democratic Party strongly objects to the most recent records extension request dated October 14, 2009.

There is no credible explanation as to why this is taking so long, since the request at issue was narrow in its scope. Each requested item involves former Governor Sarah Palin as either the sender of or the recipient of the e-mails in question, together with former Governor Sarah Palin’s schedules, calendars, and itineraries.

During the time periods specified, how many e-mails could former Governor Palin have possibly sent to or received from John Coghill. Fred Dyson, Todd Palin, and Molly McCann with the words listed in the request; or other e-mails sent from former Governor Palin with the words listed in records request? This is not conceivably a massive volume of documents. There are computer search functions that can readily assist with finding the e-mails in question. Again, all of the e-mails in question had to involve former Governor Palin as either the sender or recipient, and include one or more of the specified words. This is a definable, limited number of documents.

It has now taken over a year for the State of Alaska to retrieve and review a very finite number of documents. This is simply unacceptable and unwarranted. As we have noted earlier, to function properly, our democracy requires access to government documents in a timely manner. To grant an additional extension would do a disservice to the fundamentals of open government. In this case, certainly, justice delayed is justice denied; and a further delay clearly continues to undermine the intent of the Alaska Public Records Act.

The reasons presented in the Department of Law’s Memorandum do not provide an adequate or acceptable rationale for further delay. We ask you to take a hard, fresh look at our original, narrowly defined request, and conclude that there is no basis for an additional extension.

Accordingly, we urge you to deny any further extensions.

Thank you.

Deborah L. Williams
Executive Director

Alaska Democratic Party
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907-258-3050 (p)
2602 Fairbanks St.
Anchorage, AK 99503

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