ERC Removes Password Restriction on Public Information

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CCO Exposed Cloak of Secrecy: Corrections Made Wednesday Morning

The City of Evansville and the Evansville Redevelopment Commission have removed the password restrictions that were recently placed on the agendas and minutes of their meetings. The City County Observer had previously reported on the fact that access had been denied to the public, to elected officials, and the media.

We thank and applaud the Weinzapfel Administration for its rapid response to this situation. We however wonder just what thought process ever concluded that restricting the public’s access to information that is owned by the public was the right thing to do.

We trust that this will not become an issue again.

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  2. It would be interesting to know who authorized the password entry (my bet would be an appointed official), and who ordered its removal (my bet would be an elected official). But then my gambling record sucks!

    • More important than just satisfying my curiosity, I think the password requirement probably reflects an “I’ll show those pests a thing or two” attitude. And while board members and appointed officials may get by with such arrogance, whoever has that attitude should never be elected to public office.

    • The Regime wanted password control to identify any dissident taxpayers that dared to access this public information.

      • Possibly. But you know what, Joe Biden, any dissident worth his or her salt has the bollocks to stand up to such bullying, regardless of anonymity or loss of it.

  3. I would not be surprised to see the mayor, at this late date, remove most if not all the public access restrictions he has been operating under for the last 8 years. Just call it his “gift” to the next administration.

    Good riddance, bon voyage, don’t let the door hit you in the ass.

  4. Just a programming oversight…..that’ll be how it’s spun, a simple mistake not meant to harm or restrict access, blame it on the IT department, maybe someone can file a FOIA request to see who ask the IT department to impose the password protection?

    • I am sure that you are correct on where the finger will be pointed. Do you have any idea at how low the probability of a password being put onto the ERC page on the very day that the proposals for the hotel are received? We are talking about a 1 in a million chance here. There probably are no more than 5 people in the world that have the codes to enable the password protection option. Someone will talk.

      • Agreed, but I’d put the odds much higher, and the number of people with that type of access down to about two….but I’m just gussin’ 🙂

      • I agree that it is highly unlikely that this was an accident. Someone needed to go out of their way to set that password.

        Because this document should be in the public domain, shouldn’t the correct password to unlock it be public as well?

        Would it be reasonable to file another FOIA asking for the password, and any memos/instructions given to the IT department regarding the password?

        Aside from that, I’m not sure how one would track down the source of this password.

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