Fwd: FW: Kora

Does this feel wrong? 

KORA is how we hold our elected officials accountable. 

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bonnie Williams <bowilliams@topeka.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Subject: FW: Kora
To: mcre13@gmail.com <mcre13@gmail.com>
Cc: City Clerk <cclerk@topeka.org>, Mary E. Kuckelman <mekuckelman@topeka.org>


Henry:

 

This email is in response to your records request below. Please be advised that the documents and correspondence that you have requested are not public records. The definition of "public record" in K.S.A. 45-217(l)(3) does not include "records that are made, maintained or kept by an individual who is a member . . . of the governing body of any political or taxing subdivision of the state." Any records that would be responsive to your request were made, maintained or kept by Mayor Padilla, who is a member of the City of Topeka's governing body. As a result, such records are not subject to the Kansas Open Records Act and there is no obligation on the City to produce them. The City declines to do so.

 

 

Bonnie Williams

Senior Paralegal

City of Topeka

Legal Department

215 SE 7th Street, Room 353

Topeka, KS  66603

(785) 368-3883

 

NOTICE: This message and any attachments may be confidential and contain legally privileged information. If you are not an employee of the City of Topeka (see K.S.A. 75-6102(d)), we do not waive any legal protection that may apply such as attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete the message and any attachments. Further, this communication is not intended to constitute, nor should it be relied upon, as legal advice to you.

 

 

From: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:23 PM
To: City Clerk <cclerk@Topeka.org>
Subject: Kora

 

This message originated from outside your organization

 

I want to know if there any emails correspondence. Zoom calls any form of electronic transmission sent between the mayor and the author from the wall street journal..

 

Any letters.  federal express.   telegrams

 

Henry McClure  
785.383.9994
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Henry McClure 
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785-383-9994

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