The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Public Records Division
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Alan N. Cote
Supervisor of Records
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June 13, 2006
SPR08/026
The Honorable Martha Coakley
Attorney General of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Dear Attorney General Coakley:
I am hereby notifying you of the failure of the Boston Finance
Commission (Commission) to comply with my April 24, 2008 order to
provide Commission meeting minutes.
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This office has found that the requested records are public and
subject to mandatory disclosure. See Letter Determination of the
Supervisor of Public Records, SPR08/026 (April 24, 2008).
If the custodian refuses or fails to comply with any such order,
the Supervisor of Public Records may notify the Attorney General who
may take whatever measures she deems necessary to insure compliance.
See G. L. c. 66, s 10(b) (2006 ed.)
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Enclosed please find a copy of my order as well as relevant
materials from the case file. I respectfully request that you review
this matter and take whatever measures you deem necessary for its
resolution.
Very truly yours,
Alan N. Cote
Supervisor of Records
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pre at sec.state.ma.us
One Ashburton Place, 17th Floor, Room 1719
Boston Massachusetts 02108
617 727-2832
Fax 617 727-5914
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ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERTATE QVIETEM
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No other municipality in the Commonwealth that isn’t in receivership has anything like it. It’s a relic from the days when the Yankee-Republican dominated legislature didn’t think that Irish-Democrats were capable of running the City of Boston. (It’s almost kind of colonialist!)
Sounds like the Attorney General owes you some real action on this. The City of Boston is, too often, a black box that thinks it can run on a “need to know” basis.