More on the FOIA Normal denied

By: Diane Benjamin Update to this story: https://blnnews.com/2022/03/18/denied-foia-normal/ The Town of Normal used 5 ILCS 140/7 (1)(f) to deny the FOIA. A lot of Illinois law is ridiculous to read and contradicts itself, but the FOIA law isn’t one of those places. See the FOIA law here: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/000501400K7.htm What does (1)(f) actually say? The Town […]

Denied FOIA – Normal

By: Diane Benjamin See update to this story here: https://blnnews.com/2022/03/18/more-on-the-foia-normal-denied/ This statement is in Normal’s just passed budget under “City Manager accomplishments FY 2021-2022”, PDF page 118: https://normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/19729/2022-23-Final-Budget A couple things to note from the above: Completion – normally means the report is complete Results will be used – infers there are results I FOIA’d […]