Posted on 04/15/2023 6:47:23 PM PDT by CFW
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is suing two federal agencies for failing to respond to Freedom of Information requests filed over a year ago. The FOIA requests relate to a Biden administration program that allegedly used taxpayer money to purchase crack pipes for drug addicts, she said.
In February 2022, Florida sent FOIA requests to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asking for records about the use of federal grant funds being used to promote drug use through safe smoking kits, some of which reportedly included crack pipes and other drug-related paraphernalia.
Over a year later, neither agency responded to the FOIA requests and Moody sued.
The lawsuit states that the federal agencies “failed to process and make a determination regarding Florida’s February 9, 2022 FOIA requests within the statutory time limit and are unlawfully withholding records requested by Florida under 5 U.S.C. § 552.”
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Although it has been several decades since it has been true, our government officials are supposed to represent and be accountable to US, the people. Instead they have gotten to the point that they rule with an iron fist and fail to be transparent to the people they represent.
Another thing they have done is send bills to the requestors for thousands of dollars or more, for fees for dealing with their FOIA request.
David Paulides had the National Park Service bill him huge amount for FOIA request about people who go missing in the parks..
Take a look at his Missing 411 books when you are in a conspiratorial mood sometime
bkmk
I say this as a retired FedGov employee.
How many free crack pipes did hunter get from his daddy and when did he use them?
All of Paulides’ work is a spoiler alert, not conspiracy.
I am a freelance writer and sent FOIA requests to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for records in August 2022. They still haven’t provided them and won’t. Breaking the law. If I still worked for companies I would have access to a lawyer, but can’t afford to hire one myself and pay while this government agency runs the clock out.
🚨STOP THE CCP FLORIDA LAND GRAB
Urgent!!! Call and email State Affair Committee.
Say YES to HB 1355
This CCP Propaganda is them organizing to stop this bill. We must STOP the CCP from buying land in Florida.
THEY ARE INVADING US WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT…— Ann Vandersteel (@annvandersteel) April 16, 2023
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