So, it appears that Romney simply destroyed records of his work a Governor

[davsand]

38. In Illinois officials' personal emails ARE subject to FOIA.

As public official, if I send an email on my personal account during the time I'm in my office, it is subject to a FOIA. I was told by the State's Attorney that even if I have my personal laptop in the office, and IF I send an email on my personal account over the public WI-FI in our building that an email could be subject to FOIA. There was even a recent court case here in Illinois where the court ruled that City Council members texting on a personal phone during a City Council meeting is subject to FOIA as well. (It will be interesting to see if that ruling holds up under a court challenge, BTW...)

There's a running joke that if you are gonna tell a dirty joke you gotta leave the building, but have any of you ever stopped to think about all the joke emails that circulate in some offices? Even if you don't think it's funny, or even if you hit delete without even READING it, that message is still subject to a FOIA.

Some folks hate it, but I figure I take the paycheck, I hold the office, FOIA is just part of the deal.

As corrupt as Illinois is, I'd find it hard to think that we'd be any better than anyplace else when it comes to transparency for public officials. If the Mittster and his minions have been that naughty, I'd think somebody could call them on it and make it stick.



Laura