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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: December 19, 2024 | Updated: January 8, 2025
(December 2024) Request for Town of Forest City, NC Government: Commissioner text messages 06/01/24 – 07/01/24.
Good evening Emily, Janet, Commissioners, Mickey, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html
If such a record exists –
Please provide the electronic copy of all text messages between Commissioner Dee Dee Bright and Town of Forest City Commissioners with a quorum present in the group text, during the period of June 01, 2024 through July 01 2024. Specifically – any of those texts that contain at least one of the following keywords: "tax rate”, "budget", "haulk", “Haulk”, "public comment”, “public comments", “mason, "Mason"
** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to "inspect", nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **
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Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.
By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request. However, in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:
Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816
The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.
Thank you for your assistance!
** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.
Status: Completed
Activity:
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January 8, 2025 1:00 pm
1 day ago
from: Emily Sain <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jan 8, 2025, 1:00 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (December 2024) Request for Town of Forest City, NC Government: Commissioner text messages 06/01/24 – 07/01/24.That is correct. Thank you!
Emily Sain
City Clerk
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Emily Sain, CMC, NCCMC
City Clerk
Town of Forest City
(828) 248-5202 – phoneE-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized official of the Town of Forest City.
Status: Completed -
January 8, 2025 11:40 am
1 day ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Emily Sain <[email protected]>
date: Jan 8, 2025, 12:40 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (December 2024) Request for Town of Forest City, NC Government: Commissioner text messages 06/01/24 – 07/01/24.Hi Emily,
Thank you for your response.
I assume this means that you queried the text messages from all Commissioners as requested, and that in doing so you determined there were no responsive records.
Later this afternoon I will mark the request as “Completed” on our website.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
January 8, 2025 11:55 am
1 day ago
from: Emily Sain <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jan 8, 2025, 11:55 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (December 2024) Request for Town of Forest City, NC Government: Commissioner text messages 06/01/24 – 07/01/24.Good morning,
There are no text messages related to your request.
Emily Sain
City Clerk
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Emily Sain, CMC, NCCMC
City Clerk
Town of Forest City
(828) 248-5202 – phoneE-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized official of the Town of Forest City.
Status: Response Received from Government -
December 19, 2024 5:14 pm
3 weeks ago
From: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Dec 19, 2024, 5:14 PM
subject: Public records request. (December 2024) Request for Town of Forest City, NC Government: Commissioner text messages 06/01/24 – 07/01/24.Good evening Emily, Janet, Commissioners, Mickey, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/
enactedlegislation/statutes/ html/bychapter/chapter_132. html If such a record exists –
Please provide the electronic copy of all text messages between Commissioner Dee Dee Bright and Town of Forest City Commissioners with a quorum present in the group text, during the period of June 01, 2024 through July 01 2024. Specifically – any of those texts that contain at least one of the following keywords: “tax rate”, “budget”, “haulk”, “Haulk”, “public comment”, “public comments”, “mason, “Mason”
** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to “inspect”, nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **
————————————
Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.
By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request. However, in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:
Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816
The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.
Thank you for your assistance!
** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.
Status: Sent to Government -
December 19, 2024 5:10 pm
3 weeks ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending