{"id":1676,"date":"2011-08-03T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/in-accordance-with-the-law-susan-leavens.html"},"modified":"2011-08-03T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:14:08","slug":"in-accordance-with-the-law-susan-leavens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/in-accordance-with-the-law-susan-leavens.html","title":{"rendered":"In accordance with the law &mdash;Susan Leavens"},"content":{"rendered":"Received today on <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/08\/when-officials-act-like-they-are-hiding-something-they-usually-are-vdt.html\">\nWhen officials act like they are hiding something, they usually are.<\/a>\n-jsq\n<blockquote>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_QbDyUeKkeuk\/SIS8VY3_9iI\/AAAAAAAAAtM\/ABi1wNbQlCQ\/s200\/diogenes.png\">\n&#8220;You won\u2019t receive an open-records request if you answer questions\nhonestly and in accordance with the law.&#8221; What an honest statement;\nperhaps some of this too.\n<blockquote>\nGEORGIA CONSTITUTION\n<br>\nARTICLE IX.  COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS\n<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu\/conart9.htm\">\nSECTION II.  HOME RULE FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES<\/a>\n<br>\n(c) The power granted to counties in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above\nshall not be construed to extend to the following matters or any other\nmatters which the General Assembly by general law has preempted or may\nhereafter preempt, but such matters shall be the subject of general law\nor the subject of local acts of the General Assembly to the extent that\nthe enactment of such local acts is otherwise permitted under this\nConstitution:\n<p>\n(1) Action affecting any elective county office, the salaries\nthereof, or the personnel thereof, except the personnel subject to\nthe jurisdiction of the county governing authority.\n<p>\n(2) Action affecting the composition, form, procedure for election or\nappointment, compensation, and expenses and allowances in the nature\nof compensation of the county governing authority.\n<p>\n(3) Action defining any criminal offense or providing for criminal punishment.\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Received today on When officials act like they are hiding something, they usually are. -jsq &#8220;You won\u2019t receive an open-records request if you answer questions honestly and in accordance with the law.&#8221; What an honest statement; perhaps some of this too. 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