ASU Responds to GOP Chair FOI Lawsuit

[Gonzo]

http://www.hcpress.com/news/asu-respond ... quest.html

She earns points for creativity

[HeffnerIV]

A liberal professor?!?!?

[EastHallApp]

Ironic to me when people file these massive records requests in the name of being a watchdog for taxpayers, then don't seem to understand that it will require untold hours of taxpayer-funded work to fulfill them. Have heard from an employee at the UNC law school that they've had the same issue - been so overwhelmed by FOIA requests that it starts to prevent other work from getting done.

[HeffnerIV]

Ironic to me when people file these massive records requests in the name of being a watchdog for taxpayers, then don't seem to understand that it will require untold hours of taxpayer-funded work to fulfill them. Have heard from an employee at the UNC law school that they've had the same issue - been so overwhelmed by FOIA requests that it starts to prevent other work from getting done.

I would meet you half way on this argument. The other half of this 'needing more staff' argument is that it is used as a way to slow the process and to use that staff as a form of CYA. I don't have a dog in this fight, but it's plain that government agencies stall and cover as much as they can, and to date, that's just good policy as none of them have been punished for the practice.

[EastHallApp]

Could be. I'm just going off what I've been told, can't speak to any firsthand knowledge.

[Gonzo]

Seems like a publicity stunt to me. You're allowed to sue a State agency under the 11th amendment for injunctive relief, but if the school is unable to timely process her request because of lack of staff and resources there is nothing the court can do about it, yielding a no brainer dismissal. She's trying to rouse rabbles pre-election cycle with the old "those darn liberal college professors are brainwashing our kids" narrative.

I'm eager to see what she does with all this information if/when she gets it. Say she ends up with every faculty member's voter registration info and every syllabus made by a registered Democrat. What then? It's hard to sneak in pro-Obama remarks when you're teaching the class how to format ads on Adobe CS6 or how to audit a real estate company in the College of Business.

Certain classes are more conducive for that sort of thing, but I don't recall much taxpayer-funded political advocacy when I was at Appalachian.

[3rd]

Seems like a publicity stunt to me. You're allowed to sue a State agency under the 11th amendment for injunctive relief, but if the school is unable to timely process her request because of lack of staff and resources there is nothing the court can do about it, yielding a no brainer dismissal. She's trying to rouse rabbles pre-election cycle with the old "those darn liberal college professors are brainwashing our kids" narrative.

I'm eager to see what she does with all this information if/when she gets it. Say she ends up with every faculty member's voter registration info and every syllabus made by a registered Democrat. What then? It's hard to sneak in pro-Obama remarks when you're teaching the class how to format ads on Adobe CS6 or how to audit a real estate company in the College of Business.

Certain classes are more conducive for that sort of thing, but I don't recall much taxpayer-funded political advocacy when I was at Appalachian.

You should take a class in the College of Ed.