Irony: the man who helped draft the open records laws is suing because his client doesn't like how Eanes school district responds to open records requests. Two Eanes parents, Susan Bushart and Dianna Pharr, have filed hundreds of requests since 2003. The Lake Travis school district was once plagued with 238 requests in a 24-hour period. The district estimates it has spent $500,000 responding to these requests. So Thomas Ratliff, son of the former Lt. Gov., did what any good American would do: sue the school district for complying with the law.
Here's the money sentence: "Much of the information is posted on KeepEanesInformed.com, which Pharr said she owns and maintains as a public service." Seriously. This woman is a.) super-pumped her site got a mention in the Statesman and b.) Needs to get a clear message: Nobody gives a fuck about Eanes. You aren't informing anyone...you're annoying many, though. [AAS]
This is what happens when you let ordinary people get involved. If we were going to waste our time filing endless open records requests, we'd be after Dewhurst's credit card bills. We are dying to know how much he pays going out on all those late night dates.
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