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We get a response

14 Tuesday Dec 2021

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

We received a response tonight from the office of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r) to our December 9th RSMo § 610 “Missouri Sunshine Law” request for the contents of the illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov email address set up by the Attorney General to solicit complaints about mask wearing in Missouri public schools.

RSMo § 610.023. Records of governmental bodies to be in care of custodian, duties — records may be copied but not removed, exception, procedure — denial of access, procedure.
[….]
3. Each request for access to a public record shall be acted upon as soon as possible, but in no event later than the end of the third business day following the date the request is received by the custodian of records of a public governmental body. If records are requested in a certain format, the public body shall provide the records in the requested format, if such format is available. If access to the public record is not granted immediately, the custodian shall give a detailed explanation of the cause for further delay and the place and earliest time and date that the record will be available for inspection. This period for document production may exceed three days for reasonable cause.
[….]

Just in time.

They responded:

[….]
Bersin Sunshine Law Request
[….]@ago.mo.gov> Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:23 PM
To: Michael Bersin [….]

Your records request was received by our custodian of records. Due to the dates and the volume of records to be searched, the earliest we expect responsive records, if any, to be available is December 23, 2021. In the event they are available earlier, we will provide them as soon as they are available.

Please note that we reserve the right to close responsive records in whole or in part pursuant to law, including but not limited to §§ 610.021 and 610.035 RSMo.

Thanks,
[….] This email message, including the attachments, is from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. It is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information, including that covered by § 32.057, RSMo. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.

This is going to be very interesting.

Previously:

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

Isn’t there a Trump campaign rally chant for this?

20 Tuesday Nov 2018

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But, her emails.

Yesterday:

Ivanka Trump used personal email for White House business
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of messages discussing official White House business last year, officials confirm.

A review into her emails revealed she had used her private address to contact government officials.

Ms. Trump sent the emails before she was briefed on the rules, her lawyer says.

In 2016, her father Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of putting the US “in danger” over her use of a private email while secretary of state…

Lock her up, eh?

HB 826 : the wrath of grapes – part 2

07 Saturday Feb 2015

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Previously:

HB 826: the wrath of grapes (February 4, 2015)

….2. No domestic wine shall be sold at retail in the state unless it has been certified as having been produced by and with grapes harvested by verified United States citizens….

[emphasis in original]

At the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:

U.S. Citizenship

If you meet certain requirements, you may become a U.S. citizen either at birth or after birth.

To become a citizen at birth, you must:

   Have been born in the United States or certain territories or outlying possessions of the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; OR    

   had a parent or parents who were citizens at the time of your birth (if you were born abroad) and meet other requirements

To become a citizen after birth, you must:

   Apply for “derived” or “acquired” citizenship through parents

   Apply for naturalization

Okay.

We received copies of the following e-mail conversation from the individual who initiated it:

On Feb 5, 2015, at 10:52 PM [….]

Dear Representative McGaugh,

Why do you want to make it impossible for my spouse, who lives in the US legally, to produce wine that can be sold in Missouri?

[….]

We wondered about that concept, too.

The first response from Representative McGaugh (r):

Subject: Re: HB 826

Date: 2/5/15 10:58:17 PM

From: “JoeDon McGaugh” JoeDon.McGaugh@house.mo.gov

To: [….]

If your spouse lives legally in the US I don’t see what the issue is. If you are using unverified workers to produce wine and pick grapes that will be another issue.

Thanks. JDM

A follow up of the inquiry:

On Feb 6, 2015, at 6:50 AM [….]

Representive McGaugh,

You have not read the language of your bill.  Reread it again and tell me how your bill excludes my spouse who is not a US citizen.

[….]

That’s what we read, too.

But wait, there’s more from Representative McGaugh:

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 6:56 AM [JoeDon McGaugh]

If she is here legally she would be verified. That is my intention. Verified workers covers lawful permanent residents and if not we will change it.

If California can tell us how to humanely raise our livestock we can tell them how they must produce their wine.

I am sure Chris Koster will be supportive given his federal lawsuit challenging California’s actions.

Thanks again.

JDM

Wait a minute, the bill [pdf] language makes no reference to “lawful permanent residents”.

This is all about egg retaliation? Really?

And still more in the inquiry

On Feb 6, 2015, at 9:05 AM [….]

Here is the language in your legislation:

2. No domestic wine shall be sold at retail in the state unless it has been certified as having been produced by and with grapes harvested by verified United States citizens.

My spouse is in this country legally, but she is NOT a “verified United States citizen.”

With all due respect, do you understand what “citizen” means?  Do you understand there are people living and working in the US, legally, and are not citizens, verified or not verified?

I appreciate your responding to my inquiries.

[….]

And the final response from Representative McGaugh (r):

Subject: Re: HB 826

Date: 2/6/15 10:00:16 AM

From: “JoeDon McGaugh” JoeDon.McGaugh@house.mo.gov

To: [….]

http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify

My idea was to have the Dept of Ag verify like the E-verify system.

Again my intent is to not disqualify any lawfully present citizens. Only those businesses who are bad actors.

JDM

What on earth is a “lawfully present citizen”? Anyone? Anyone?