A few Greensboro-ites decided to send a formal request to the Mayor and City Council to release the RMA report that someone leaked and found its way to the N&R (who won’t publish it according to agreement). We signed the letter yesterday; it will be sent today.
The letter (and those who signed it) is below and at 101.
May 10, 2006
Mayor Keith Holliday, care of City Clerk Greensboro City Council members, care of City Clerk Mitch Johnson, Greensboro City Manager 300 W. Washington St.
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
Dear Mayor Holliday, Greensboro City Council and Mr. Johnson,
Pursuant to North Carolina public access to public records statutes, we are hereby requesting that you make available for public inspection and copying the following:
The report prepared by Risk Management Associates of Raleigh, North Carolina for the City of Greensboro, commonly referred to by city council members and city staff as the RMA report, further identified as the report that city council members recently denied releasing in notarized affidavits.
The public is entitled to this document based upon it being both a public record and its release being in the public interest.
Please contact Lewis Pitts at 129 Tate St., Greensboro, NC 27403 with your reply as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Brian Clarey
Editor, Yes! Weekly
Patrick Eakes
C. P. Eakes Company
Joseph Guarino, M.D.
David Hoggard
Rev. Nelson N. Johnson
Executive Director,
Beloved Community Center
Afrique I. Kilimanjaro
Editor, Carolina Peacemaker
Jay Ovittore
Business owner and blogger
Lewis Pitts Dr.
Public Interest Lawyer
Susan Lecin Polinsky
President, TechTriad, Inc.
Gladys F. Shipman
President,
Greensboro Branch NAACP
Roch Smith, Jr.
Greensboro101.com
Janet M. Wright
[...] On May 10, 2006 a group of Greensboro residents formally requested that the mayor and city council release the report. [...]