[Frantzie]

I wonder if this covers all the records or just the changes in the records. Ping everyone.

[spacejunkie01]

I don’t get it....is the State of Hawaii REALLY demanding release or is this some pre-emptive wishlist?

TIA

[Political Junkie Too]

From what I read, I think they were not looking for the private records themselves, they were trying to outflank the state by asking for public records, such as receipts for fees to amend records.

The thinking is that if the state is required to produce the forms that accompany requests to amend documents, then that is proof that documents 1) exist, and 2) were amended. Then they move to discussion of whether amended documents fall under the same privacy laws as original source documents.

Hawaii is playing loose with their own laws in this matter by denying access to documents of payments made, by extending the cover of privacy to these documents for Obama, when they would not have for anyone else.

-PJ