Congrats to the Cedar Hills residents!   It required taking the City to the Records Committee, but finally we have been given “all” the email docs GRAMA requested March 5, 2012.   Last evening, at 7:00 p.m, city attorney Eric Johnson delivered the “final” box — 17.2 pounds of paper.  It is clear that it took today’s Utah State Record Hearing to “inspire” the City’s compliance with their ORDER to provide the emails.  That’s a win!

The down-side was not getting the $700 refund or the sanctions against the City for being late 40+ days past what we thought was supposed to be a 30-day deadline.  The Committee seemed sympathetic to us, but due to the nuanced wording in the law, the Committee didn’t feel they could prove “willful” delay, and hence they didn’t think they could impose the sanctions.

We will begin a thorough review the thousands of pages of emails and post our findings here in a series.

In the meanwhile, you may want to read Jerry Dearinger’s (our retired attorney and legal adviser) amazing defense of Cedar Hills Citizens for Responsible Government, and our efforts to get the Truth out to our Cedar Hills neighbors.  In part he wrote:

“The information to be obtained upon compliance with this GRAMA request is anxiously awaited by a goodly number of our citizens, including me, and is of significant public benefit.  Hopefully it will help to calm the concerns and suspicions of many citizens regarding the actions of our public officials…”.

To read his complete letter, click this PDF...   Utah State Records Hearing – Dearinger Letter