Kate Norton's Work on Boston 2024 Both In and Outside of City Hall
| Submitted | June 4, 2015 |
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From: Jonathan Cohn
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:
(1) Any communication, electronic or written, sent or received by City of Boston employee Kate Norton between October 1, 2014, and January 6, 2015, relating to Boston's 2024 Summer Olympics bid.
(2) Any communication, electronic or written, sent or received by an employee of the Mayor's Office of the City of Boston in communication with Kate Norton of CK Strategies between January 7, 2015, and May 31, 2015, relating to Boston's 2024 Summer Olympics bid.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Cohn
From: Press Office
Good afternoon,
Please consider this email confirmation of receipt for your records
request.
Thank you,
Press Office
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Press Office of Mayor Martin J. Walsh
617-635-4461
From: Maribeth Cusick
Jonathan:
Please accept this email in response to your records request for (1) communications sent or received by City of Boston employee Kate Norton Between October 1 2014, and January 2, 2015, relating to Boston's 2024 Summer Olympic bid; and (2) communications sent or received by an employee of the Mayor's Office and Kate Norton of CK Strategies between January 7, 2015 and May 31, 2015, relating to Boston's 2024 Summer Olympic bid.
With respect to request (1) there are 608 responsive emails. With respect to request (2) there is 1 responsive email. The cost to fulfill this request is $535.92. Upon receipt of payment we will compile and review the emails. Based upon the volume of responsive emails, we anticipate production within two weeks of receipt of payment.
Thank you,
Maribeth
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
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From: MuckRock
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $535.92 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Mayor's Office
Hi Jonathan,
Please find attached a Google drive link with the Kate Norton emails that you requested. Due to technical issues on our end, there are 599 emails that include the "google-alerts" that we had tried to remove. There are numerous personal cell phone and email addresses redacted throughout. If for any reason there are attachments to the emails that were not included (likely due to size), please let me know and I can send them to you if you would like to review them.
Now for our usual issue: I have withheld nine (9) emails that were sent to and/or circulated with counsel that discuss and/or seek legal advice regarding the Olympics bid and a disclosure filed by the Mayor (which is publicly available). It is my position that these emails are exempt from disclosure because they contain attorney-client communications.
Feel free to call or email me if you have any questions. I am working on getting Linehan and JR II to you as quickly as possible.
Also, if you have trouble viewing these, please let me know.
Best regards,
Caroline
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Kate Norton Attachments.zip
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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