The thing of it is, they don’t have any laws saying how many requests you can make, whether you can ask for the same thing somebody else asked for already, whether you can associate with other people to reduce the number of requests necessary, whether you can appeal to the OIP if you are wrongly denied, etc. All the stuff I’ve done is legal. The whole determination is whether they are bothered by it.
In the instances where they gave answers that I was able to understand as conforming to the law I didn’t ask anything more about that. One person I know of has NEVER asked a SINGLE question about Obama. Her only requests have been for things they are required to have available and to make public.
This is entirely a punitive law - punishing people for the DOH folks feeling frazzled.
Well, they wouldn’t feel frazzled if they would just answer the stinkin’ questions as required by law. Jeesh.
I noticed the DOH mentioned states where they were getting mulitple requests. One was Arizona, so I’m wondering if that’s Linda Bentley, the reporter for the Sonoran Desert News who wrote about the selective service forms. The point is that this law would infringe on the freedom of the press. butter, you should look her up and send her a note. A little teamwork might be necessary.
>This is entirely a punitive law - punishing people for the DOH folks feeling frazzled.
Actually that’s a Bill of Attainder right there!
While I don’t see a prohibition of them in the HI State Constitution, the following may be applicable:
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
ARTICLE I — BILL OF RIGHTS
FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SPEECH, PRESS, ASSEMBLY AND PETITION
Section 4. No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. [Ren and am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS
Section 8. No citizen shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to other citizens, unless by the law of the land. [Ren Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
LIMITATIONS OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
Section 21. The power of the State to act in the general welfare shall never be impaired by the making of any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities. [Ren and am Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978]
I hope that helps.