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Public commenter accuses county of diverting open records requests to county attorney, urges board action
Summary
A resident told the Chippewa County Board that multiple open-records requests have been routed to the county attorney instead of the records custodian, alleged statutory delays and potential conflict of interest, and asked the board for written answers and corrective steps.
During the public-comment portion of the April 21 organizational meeting, resident Jamie Leto told the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors that multiple open-records requests she filed were diverted from the statutory records custodian and placed under control of the county attorney.
"The public's right to access government records is being blocked and delayed in a way that violates Wisconsin open records law," Leto said. She said every one of her requests "has been diverted away from the legal records custodian and placed under the…
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