Youngstown, OH Mayor McNally text messages with CCA

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

• All text messages exchanged between Mayor John McNally and any representative of Corrections Corporation of America. It was reported that Mayor McNally recently received at least one text message from a CCA employee (http://businessjournaldaily.com/company-news/cca-wants-know-why-it-lost-inmate-contract-2014-12-30).

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. 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.

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 would request your response within ten (10) business days.

Sincerely,

Beryl C.D. Lipton

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Hello Mr. Donofrio,

Thank you for your message, and I apologize for the confusion caused by the follow ups to this request. I cannot provide any specific information regarding the recipient(s) of Mayor McNally's text message exchange. However, it was reported that Mayor McNally initially received notice via text message that Northeast Ohio Correctional Center would be losing its contract; this would have taken place in the last few days of December 2014, I believe. I don't wish to request all of the text messages received during that month, and I must assume that Mayor McNally has some familiarity with which contact people at CCA would have let him know of the change, but I can submit another request for a broader range of text messages within the appropriate time frame, if that would be simpler. Please let me know how else I might clarify my search.

Thank you very much for your help. I really do appreciate it. I'll look forward to hearing from you again.

Best,
Beryl

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 17, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.