Councilman Rob Crawley, Dearinger, Bushman and Fotheringham
After numerous delays, CHCRG's February APPEAL for Hearing before the Utah State Records Committee finally happened Thursday June 14, 2018 at the Records Office in Salt Lake City.
As part of Cedar Hills Citizens for Responsible Government's presentation by former Councilman Ken Cromar and CHCRG's lead researcher / filer of the APPEAL, he read the following letters into the record…
Former Councilman Rob Crawley wrote:
I believe that everyone would benefit if Cedar Hills would be more forthcoming with information regarding the golf course to residents that inquire about the activities of the golf course. …
…When [GRAMA] requests are dodged, delayed or provided at a high cost, this sows distrust with residents.
For the complete Crawley letter see PDF Rob Crawley letter Records Committee 2018 06 13a
Jerry Dearinger, 2011 candidate for CH Mayor, and CHCRG legal advisor wrote in part…
…If the records do not now exist, it is only because of the City's failure to properly maintain them and I cannot conceive as to why they will not verify, or at least state that they have no reason to believe the records Mr. Crawley provided back to them have been tampered with and are thus inaccurate. Why is the City now spending so much money on this hearing rather than just stating that they either have or have not produced all records requested? …
For the complete Dearinger letter see PDF Dearinger letter to Records Committee 2018 06 13
Sam Bushman, nationally syndicated talk show host, based in American Fork, who had personally experienced Cedar Hills officials (including then Councilmember Jenney Rees, City Recorder Colleen Mulvey, Mayor Gary Gygi and then City Attorney Eric Johnson) stonewall providing GRAMA requested records in 2014 wrote…
As a talk show host of more than 25 years and as a Citizen Reporter I have personally GRAMA requested golf related records and when stonewalled was compelled to involve the services of Government Records Ombudsman Rosemary Cundiff. Even with her assistance we don’t believe we obtained an honest, complete fulfilling of my GRAMA request. …
…Integrity of lawful GRAMA requests, first amendment rights, and respect for all citizens is a prerequisite to restoring trust between the people and those who serve them. We declare that silence on this critical matter has become a de facto endorsement of records request violations under the guise of incompetence or outright dishonesty. …
…Please ORDER Cedar Hills to provide all responsive records and sign documentation declaring they know their obligations under the law have been fulfilled.
For the complete Bushman letter see PDF Sam Bushman – Dear Records Committee
The complete letters were provided to the Records Committee to be included as part of the CHCRG presentation.
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Lastly, CH residents Russ and Linda Fotheringham wrote…
As 17 year residents of Cedar Hills we are so desirous that finally there be public transparency about golf related records including free golf.
There have been so many grama requests that have not been honored. …