City of Atlanta Communications with Cox Enterprises about “Cop City”
| Submitted | May 17, 2023 |
MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests like this one. Learn more.
Communications
From: Brian Patrick Bannon
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Emails between employees of the City of Atlanta Office of Mayor and employees of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (email addresses that end in @ajc.com), Cox Media Group (@cmg.com or @coxmediagroup.com), and Cox Enterprises (@coxinc.com, @cox.com, and @coxenterprises.com) and the James M. Cox Foundation involving the proposed Public Safety Training Facility near Key Road, also known as “Cop City,” from Jan. 1, 2023 through May 17, 2023.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Brian Patrick Bannon
From: Atlanta Mayor's Office
Good afternoon,
This email is to confirm receipt of your open records request via mail. I have attached the request for future reference. You should expect to hear back from our office no later than Monday, June 5, 2023.
Regards,
Kimberly
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Georgia Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 17, 2023. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 5, 2023. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Brian Patrick Bannon
What is the status of this request? It's been well past June 5th and there's been no response.
From: Atlanta Mayor's Office
Good morning,
My apologies for the oversight. The Office of the Mayor has over 300 employees. May I suggest you narrow your search parameters to specific emails within the Office of the Mayor. Please confirm if you would like to proceed with the following:
Emails: To and From (Specific EEs within the Office of the Mayor), @ajc, @cmg.com, @coxmediagroup.com, @coxinc.com, @cox.com, @coxenterprises.com
Timeframe: January 1, 2023 – May 17, 2023
Keywords: “Cop City”, “Public Safety Training Facility”
Regards,
Kimberly
From: Brian Patrick Bannon
Ok.
Here are pertinent email addresses I could find:
adickens@atlanta.gov
odonald@atlanta.gov
awagner@atlanta.gov
BrThomas@atlantaga.gov
MiSmith@atlantaga.gov
RnPlummer@atlantaga.gov
RoPrice@atlantaga.gov
lcvidal@atlantaga.gov
RRoss@atlantaga.gov
LHardy@atlantaga.gov
JaeJohnson@atlantaga.gov
KThomas@atlantaga.gov
SGCruz@atlantaga.gov
KsWhitney@atlantaga.gov
From: Atlanta Mayor's Office
Good afternoon,
This email is to confirm receipt of your open records request. We will proceed with the following request:
Emails to and from:
adickens@atlanta.gov<mailto:adickens@atlanta.gov>
odonald@atlanta.gov<mailto:odonald@atlanta.gov>
awagner@atlanta.gov<mailto:awagner@atlanta.gov>
BrThomas@atlantaga.gov<mailto:BrThomas@atlantaga.gov>
MiSmith@atlantaga.gov<mailto:MiSmith@atlantaga.gov>
RnPlummer@atlantaga.gov<mailto:RnPlummer@atlantaga.gov>
RoPrice@atlantaga.gov<mailto:RoPrice@atlantaga.gov>
lcvidal@atlantaga.gov<mailto:lcvidal@atlantaga.gov>
RRoss@atlantaga.gov<mailto:RRoss@atlantaga.gov>
LHardy@atlantaga.gov<mailto:LHardy@atlantaga.gov>
JaeJohnson@atlantaga.gov<mailto:JaeJohnson@atlantaga.gov>
KThomas@atlantaga.gov<mailto:KThomas@atlantaga.gov>
SGCruz@atlantaga.gov<mailto:SGCruz@atlantaga.gov>
KsWhitney@atlantaga.gov<mailto:KsWhitney@atlantaga.gov>
@ajc
@cmg.com
@coxmediagroup.com
@coxinc.com
@cox.com
@coxenterprises.com
Timeframe: January 1, 2023 – May 17, 2023
Keywords: “Cop City”, “Public Safety Training Facility”
You should expect to hear back from our office by Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
Regards,
Kimberly
From: Atlanta Mayor's Office
Good afternoon,
This email is being sent in response to your open records request in which you request the following information.
Emails To and From:
@ajc, @cmg.com
@coxmediagroup.com
@coxinc.com
@cox.com
@coxenterprises.com
adickens@atlanta.gov<mailto:adickens@atlanta.gov>
odonald@atlanta.gov<mailto:odonald@atlanta.gov>
awagner@atlanta.gov<mailto:awagner@atlanta.gov>
BrThomas@atlantaga.gov<mailto:BrThomas@atlantaga.gov>
MiSmith@atlantaga.gov<mailto:MiSmith@atlantaga.gov>
RnPlummer@atlantaga.gov<mailto:RnPlummer@atlantaga.gov>
RoPrice@atlantaga.gov<mailto:RoPrice@atlantaga.gov>
lcvidal@atlantaga.gov<mailto:lcvidal@atlantaga.gov>
RRoss@atlantaga.gov<mailto:RRoss@atlantaga.gov>
LHardy@atlantaga.gov<mailto:LHardy@atlantaga.gov>
JaeJohnson@atlantaga.gov<mailto:JaeJohnson@atlantaga.gov>
KThomas@atlantaga.gov<mailto:KThomas@atlantaga.gov>
SGCruz@atlantaga.gov<mailto:SGCruz@atlantaga.gov>
KsWhitney@atlantaga.gov<mailto:KsWhitney@atlantaga.gov>
Timeframe: January 1, 2023 – May 17, 2023
Keywords: “Cop City”, “Public Safety Training Facility”
Emails discovered relating to your request are contained in the link below. Please note the link will delete after 30 days:
https://sullivanstrickler.securevdr.com/d-s9e22112dd85f4b499b9b41362ccc54c7
Regards,
Kimberly
-
ORR20230000303_Muckrock_6.23.23_Non_Priv
Files
pages