Secretary of State Jim Condos on Wednesday gave his first presentation in the fourth biennial statewide Transparency Tour, a 12-stop trip around the state to provide information about public meeting law and public records requests.
Former state Attorney General William Sorrell bucked a day in court Wednesday, failing to appear for a scheduled deposition regarding a private email account he is suspected of using for his work with AGs United for Clean Power.
After a yearlong court battle against a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, the Vermont attorney general’s office says it has no records to turn over relating to a multi-state investigation of groups opposed to climate change policies.
Despite a state court ruling last month that the attorney general’s office must release records regarding AGs United for Clean Power, the office has again refused to deliver former Attorney General William Sorrell’s Gmail correspondence with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
A Superior Court judge in Vermont has ruled that the Vermont attorney general’s office can’t evade public records requests by creating common interest agreements or doing state business on private email accounts.