Butter, the technique that you and others have been employing is well established way to find out what is hidden. The military call it "Open Source Intelligence" or OSINT where they collect and process known information which could lead to hidden secrets in countries or enemy organizations like al Quada... and it does work.
Espero knows that. That’s why his bill to change UIPA calls for “2 strikes and you’re out” when it comes to UIPA requests - where the 2 strikes can simply be 1) working with somebody else or asking what somebody else has already asked; and 2) appealing a wrongful denial.
If they were really concerned about reducing the work load they should be thanking God that some of us are working together because it saves us from having to all ask everything.
But this bill isn’t about saving work time. It’s about getting rid of even the facade of transparent government. It’s an attempt to undo the open records law.
I’ve been wanting to post about this on my blog also, because the actual introduction of a bill aimed at knee-capping people who ask too many questions or expect transparency laws to be kept is a HUGE red flag, showing they are desperate.