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Barry County denies multiple FOIA appeals as public commenters raise concerns about FOIA handling and alleged election-data deletion
Summary
The board denied five FOIA appeals (two denial appeals and three excessive-fee appeals) at the March 24 meeting. Public commenters, including Shelly Lake and Gary White, raised concerns about the county FOIA process, attorney fees for FOIA reviews and an allegation of deleted election data by a former county clerk; Sheriff Leaf also commented on the FOIA decisions.
The Barry County Board of Commissioners on March 24 denied multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeals and heard public comments urging review of the county’s FOIA process and raising an allegation about deleted election data.
Jeffrey Snowden presented five appeals: denial appeals for FOIA requests 25-176 and 25-189, and excessive-fee appeals for 25-179, 25-180 and 25-180b. The board voted to deny…
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