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RVA 5x5 - March 10, 2024
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STORY #1 — Meals Tax Fiasco, Part Deux
City Hall suffered another self-inflicted artillery wound last week when within a span of four days they were sued for allegedly violating state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws, pledged a stout defense against the claims, and then announced they would be changing the way City Hall handles FOIA requests.
Translated, the city will pivot back towards the old FOIA system they replaced just last year with their new “centralized” system that has been so successful it has led to numerous violations (or just ignoring) FOIA requests, multiple media stories detailing the failures, and several lawsuits that had to be filed in order to get information that should be relatively easily available.
Call it Meals Tax Fiasco, Part Deux.
Last week a $250,000 whistleblower lawsuit was filed against the city by the former Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officer who Conn…
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