Judge OKs Legal Settlement for MO Governor's E-mails

A judge approved a legal settlement Monday that requires outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt to give thousands of e-mails to investigators but leaves unresolved the question of whether Blunt’s office violated public records laws.

A bipartisan pair of court-appointed assistant attorneys general said they believe Blunt’s office broke Missouri law by deleting e-mails that should have been saved as public records.

“Clearly, based upon the evidence that was presented, there were violations” of the document-retention and public-records laws, one of those attorneys, former Democratic Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell, said after a court hearing.

Read more at The Joplin Globe.

Challenging Government Secrecy Can put Holes in People’s Pocketbooks

If someone steals your car in Mississippi, you call the police. If someone defrauds you, you call the attorney general.

If someone denies you access to public records, no taxpayer-funded agency will help you. Instead, you hire an attorney.

In Mississippi, a state with a long history of government secrecy, it can be difficult, expensive, time consuming — and sometimes an all but impossible — to know what government leaders are up to and what special interests pull their strings.

http://www.picayuneitem.com/local/local_story_036153841.html

Officers' Record Request Denied

The Springfield Police Officers Association believes police are quitting more often than workers in other departments and that certain documents can show why.

The city has kept those documents — employee exit interviews — out of the association’s reach by denying a request under the Missouri Sunshine Law.

The association is expected to file a lawsuit challenging that denial tomorrow. It argues that, stripped of individual names, summaries of the exit interviews are public record.

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/BREAKING01/80115069

Clay County, Missouri Inmate Roster

This list is contained behind the link that says "Detention Center Current Population List".

http://www.publicrecordswire.com/resources/show/clay-county-mo-current-inmate-roster

Boone County, Missouri Inmate Roster

Locate the name, race, age and city of inmates in the Boone County Jail system.

http://www.publicrecordswire.com/resources/show/boone-county-mo-listing-of-inmates