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Disappointed-Deerfield-News Public Records Request For Active Lawsuits City Says It Wants Us To Pay For 50-60 Hours Of Labor To List Them

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Deerfield-News.com–Deerfield Beach, Fl-We had  a public records request pending for the names and type of cases and case numbers of pending lawsuits. Instead of the normal use of hiding behind this type of records request by citing statute 119. Deerfield Beach has said it would take its attorney 50-60 hours to send us that information. Stating it will take 50-60 hours makes it cost-prohibitive for a small news blog like ours. We find it extremely unlikely that the city could have that many pending lawsuits that it would take our attorneys 50-60 hours to list them and their case numbers. In fact, we call Bullshit on this and say it is nothing more than a denial for us to have access to public records. We have worked hard with the city to improve our relations in the past year. This type of response for public records that should and could be gathered in a couple of hours at best is nothing more than the city abusing its powers. Disappointed is a word I am using lightly here. The city needs to rethink their position or we will post this weekly until they produce the records requested. In the alternative may be a larger news organization like the Sun-Sentinel or Channel Ten will get involved and seek redress through the courts to force the city to produce the records.