MORE AND MORE B.S. FROM MIKE HATCH
GOP Asks Department of Administration To Investigate Whether Hatch Withheld Information About Task Forces
The Republican Party of Minnesota sent a letter to the Minnesota Commissioner of Administration today asking for a ruling into whether Attorney General Mike Hatch withheld information about task forces and whether his office failed to fulfill its obligations under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
"For more than two years Attorney General Mike Hatch has maintained that the data we requested about his mysterious task forces didn't exist," said Republican Party of Minnesota Executive Director Corey Miltimore. "Now, based on his office's own admission in a recent letter, it appears that the requested data may have existed."
The Republican letter, sent by Executive Director Corey Miltimore, stems from an ongoing effort to try to uncover the true nature of so-called task forces that have been setup by the Attorney General Mike Hatch.
During the 2002 election, numerous DFL legislative candidates distributed campaign literature, which highlighted their participation in the mysterious task forces set up by the Attorney General's office.
Despite repeated Republican Party of Minnesota requests under Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Hatch's office failed to provide requested data relating to the task forces -- saying that it did not exist.
In response to the Hatch's refusal to honor the Republican Party's request, the Department of Administration issued Advisory Opinion 003-034 last year, stating that any data on the task forces, if it existed, would be subject to a data practices request.
Last September, based on new information from DFL Legislative candidate, and now State Representative, Bev Scalze, who claimed to have participated in these two task forces in campaign literature, the Republican Party requested information pertaining to certain task forces.
Attorney General Hatch responded to that request with several reports, which he claimed the task forces contributed to. At least one of those reports was dated prior to the original Republican Party request for data.
"Considering the fact that Hatch apparently had this report and didn't release it when we originally requested it under the Data Practices Act raises the questions -- what else is Mike Hatch hiding about these mysterious task forces?" asked Miltimore.
In light of the new data provided by the Attorney General's Office, the Republican Party is formally requesting the matter be revisited by the Department of Administration to determine whether the newly supplied data had been previously withheld and whether the Attorney General's Office failed to fulfill its obligations under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Source: Republican Party of Minnesota, January 12, 2005
The Republican Party of Minnesota sent a letter to the Minnesota Commissioner of Administration today asking for a ruling into whether Attorney General Mike Hatch withheld information about task forces and whether his office failed to fulfill its obligations under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
"For more than two years Attorney General Mike Hatch has maintained that the data we requested about his mysterious task forces didn't exist," said Republican Party of Minnesota Executive Director Corey Miltimore. "Now, based on his office's own admission in a recent letter, it appears that the requested data may have existed."
The Republican letter, sent by Executive Director Corey Miltimore, stems from an ongoing effort to try to uncover the true nature of so-called task forces that have been setup by the Attorney General Mike Hatch.
During the 2002 election, numerous DFL legislative candidates distributed campaign literature, which highlighted their participation in the mysterious task forces set up by the Attorney General's office.
Despite repeated Republican Party of Minnesota requests under Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Hatch's office failed to provide requested data relating to the task forces -- saying that it did not exist.
In response to the Hatch's refusal to honor the Republican Party's request, the Department of Administration issued Advisory Opinion 003-034 last year, stating that any data on the task forces, if it existed, would be subject to a data practices request.
Last September, based on new information from DFL Legislative candidate, and now State Representative, Bev Scalze, who claimed to have participated in these two task forces in campaign literature, the Republican Party requested information pertaining to certain task forces.
Attorney General Hatch responded to that request with several reports, which he claimed the task forces contributed to. At least one of those reports was dated prior to the original Republican Party request for data.
"Considering the fact that Hatch apparently had this report and didn't release it when we originally requested it under the Data Practices Act raises the questions -- what else is Mike Hatch hiding about these mysterious task forces?" asked Miltimore.
In light of the new data provided by the Attorney General's Office, the Republican Party is formally requesting the matter be revisited by the Department of Administration to determine whether the newly supplied data had been previously withheld and whether the Attorney General's Office failed to fulfill its obligations under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Source: Republican Party of Minnesota, January 12, 2005
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