Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 14:26:45 GMT -6
Judge rules for former Mayor Stephen Reed in open records battle with Harrisburg officials
A senior judge from Cumberland County has upheld a state Open Records ruling ordering Mayor Eric Papenfuse's City Hall to comply with a series of information requests filed by former Mayor Stephen Reed.
Reed, who is fighting criminal charges alleging that he broke laws in funding his quest to cast Harrisburg as a city of museums, is seeking three lengthy sets of documents dating to his tenure in office, including:
A senior judge from Cumberland County has upheld a state Open Records ruling ordering Mayor Eric Papenfuse's City Hall to comply with a series of information requests filed by former Mayor Stephen Reed.
Reed, who is fighting criminal charges alleging that he broke laws in funding his quest to cast Harrisburg as a city of museums, is seeking three lengthy sets of documents dating to his tenure in office, including:
- Documents pertaining to financing, reimbursements and leave time granted for the acquisition of artifacts for Reed's hoped-for chain of museums.
- Reports, bond documents, meeting minutes and other correspondence pertaining to efforts to repair and upgrade the city's faltering incinerator.
- Papenfuse's 2007 bid as a Harrisburg Authority member to expose Reed's actions to, among others, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the state Attorney General's office, the Pennsylvania State Police and The Patriot-News.