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Hickenlooper administration destroyed, denied or delayed public records pertaining to Air Quality Control mandates

“If there were communications in there that pertained to important matters, and the person was in that office, it seems those records shouldn’t be destroyed. It’s not specific in CORA law but there is Federal case law. It’s worth questioning that everything thing he sent or received was no longer worth keeping. That’s a bit difficult to grasp.” — Jeffrey Roberts, Executive Director Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.

Photocopy costs 10 cents or less, but governments still charge 25 cents for open records

Photocopy overpricing means government agencies can use cost as a deterrent when someone seeks open records. A person seeking access to 500 pages of documents is faced with a charge of $125, when the same documents could be reproduced and provided to the citizen at a charge of $25 or less, with virtually no financial liability or repercussions to the government agency.

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