How to Use Public Data Requests to Access Public Records for Better Decision Making (And to Help Government Where Current Processes Do Not Account for Fundamental Weaknesses in Overall Transparency)
1) A step-by-step to using public data requests, 2) An introductory case study on the City of Minneapolis's Konnech Inc. Contract, 3) Ideas on holding local government accountable in 2023
If you are still in the game
Gathering intelligence for all 3,143 county equivalents
A Letter to the Editor of the Morrison County Record is Denied Publication while Paper Omits Key Details in its Own Writeup
Our elections are no longer transparent as they were originally intended
[Follow-up] Illegal implementation of a new electronic voting system
The state has brought a second charge of criminal disorderly conduct against a volunteer serving MN Supreme Court case A22-1081
12 Minutes on Accountability
Audio footage from conversation where MNGOP Executive Director avoids a simple question and hides behind his sergeants at arms and his ability to call the cops instead of truthfully responding
Mike Lonergan Asks Erik van Mechelen to Leave
Light exposes what is hidden in darkness. Our mere presence was a light revealing that their “rules” are only fit to be followed when it benefits their evil.
Those Who Don't Like Accountability...
...also don't want election accountability, but pretend they do
8 Questions on Remote Control Hack of Dakota County Zoom Meeting Showing Adult Video to 150 Attendees
And a Public Data Request sent to the Data Practices Compliance Official
Edwin Hahn Endorsement for Deputy Chair of Minnesota Republican Party
"Under the cover of darkness, my father defected from the brutal socialist regime of North Korea. To escape oppression, he was forced to abandon his parents and siblings..."
