Yes, I saw that. Just posted the link here also before I saw your post. That is so maddening. If that guy keeps his job Hawaii is filthier than even I can imagine.
But what he did is actually going to be encoded into law if Espero’s “Vexatious Requestors” bill passes. They can deny some people access to public records simply because the government worker feels peeved by it or thinks there’s an “agenda” (working with other people to get answers is so conspiratorial, ya know).
I’m thinking about posting on my blog the whole communication I’ve had just trying to get a blank copy of a standard birth certificate - which is REQUIRED for them to make available to the public, as are explanations for terminology and the procedures they use to process those forms. It’s unreal. If a person wants to either laugh or cry it should be a good post for them.
They even deleted part of the history of the communications to hide that I had already explained what they then ask me to explain - when they say they don’t understand why I keep asking them for something they’ve already given and I should explain what laws I say they’re breaking (which was in the communication they deleted from the e-mail history).
I’m sure they would say that I am “mentally ill” because I “can’t recognize when my request has already been answered” (to use OIP’s director, Cathy Takase’s language in a hearing testifying as to why she should be able to decide who is a “vexatious requestor” and blacklist people like me for 2 years.
It’s just crooked and wrong on so many levels. People really need to comprehend what these people are doing.
I’ve half a mind to post a bunch of the communications which show how these people have been jerking us around. A lot of it is technical but some of it is so blatant anybody could see it.
Remember, the ‘safety in numbers’ rule, if you do put it up on your blog, let other sites know about it also, I might suggest Atlas Shrugs, World Net Daily, Post and E-mail for example. Let the thugs try and go after them!