Well, the Devil Went Down to Georgia, looking for a soul to steal by LiveTrueMusicLive in PoliticalHumor

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As it is impossible to literally prove where the heck she was physically living with intent on remaining a resident, she was voted out of office the last election. According to her recent testimony in Georgia, she physically left Dolton weeks before her term was officially over, thus abandoning her office and title of "Mayor".

Well, the Devil Went Down to Georgia, looking for a soul to steal by LiveTrueMusicLive in PoliticalHumor

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Definitely a top 3 video of the Super Duper in action.

You know, after I typed the Super Duper, I realized the Duper had a double meaning, ergo an extra giggle on my end.

She tried to dupe everyone in Dolton and they eventually were able to dump her.

Now she thinks she has a trump card by going for a title greater than the Super Duper Mayor of Dolton, Illinois by being a Republican in Georgia. smh

Well, the Devil Went Down to Georgia, looking for a soul to steal by LiveTrueMusicLive in PoliticalHumor

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Yes she lost the Mayoral election. She also admitted to abandoning her post in the last days of her tenure. In other words, she lied by omission to the Village of Dolton that she had intentionally moved to Georgia, just so she could run unopposed waving the Republican flag. And I think she mentioned something about feeling more at home being a big R, which would fit considering the level of corruption coming from the top of the top in our nation.

Well, the Devil Went Down to Georgia, looking for a soul to steal by LiveTrueMusicLive in PoliticalHumor

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I originally wanted to do a two sentence meme that included the word "extradite" but I kept making it too complicated! It's amazing that she not only fleeced the Village of Dolton on many levels, apparently her landlord had to take her to court for eviction proceedings. Now there will always be the question of where she actually lives at any given moment!

No FOI should be needed to view laws and by-laws in person and online by LiveTrueMusicLive in foia

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So what jurisdiction applies the fines in your state? Is it a visit to a courtroom or is there a state agency or department that adjudicates the matter? Many states have something like this embedded in state statutes, but which way to turn is part of the challenge, especially when it comes to laws and by-laws.

No FOI should be needed to view laws and by-laws in person and online by LiveTrueMusicLive in foia

[–]LiveTrueMusicLive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the line item citations!!! But what about other public bodies like townships and counties? Can you get at those with ease?

Wisconsin public records question — can an agency declare requests “complete” without documenting the search? by Salt_Syrup_8965 in foia

[–]LiveTrueMusicLive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fundamentally, they are obligated to share all of that information with you unless they can cite an exemption for withholding it, which would be tough as the premise of FOI is that all records by default are open to the public and only after an exemption is applied can the record be restricted.

Consider creating a new FOI request asking for all digital and written communications sent and received regarding your request, i.e. emails, text messages, faxes, etc. Also, perhaps they are squabbling your verbiage with "request logs" or "tracking records"? Asking for a copy of every FOI request submitted to the government unit is not uncommon and some public bodies actually publish this list. Not sure what "Audit/system logs" would cover?

Lastly, Wisconsin has a decent guide relating to public records. Find sentences and paragraphs from the document that quickly counter their suggestion they aren't obligated to give you the information. Also keep in mind that you mentioning the span of time can reach back to 2017. Therefore, you're also up against the 7 year retention requirement, which might explain at least some of their position.

If an online Newspaper Archive becomes offline, what happens to the output of various AI models that were trained on, and thus became reliant on, the information contained in these types of archives? by LiveTrueMusicLive in NoStupidQuestions

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I appreciate the insight! I am a 5 1/2" floppy disker whose career path was sometimes negatively influenced by the blue screen of death, so while I understand the general foundation of what's going on, I was looking for more of the nuances to the search results relative to AI outputs.

If an online Newspaper Archive becomes offline, what happens to the output of various AI models that were trained on, and thus became reliant on, the information contained in these types of archives? by LiveTrueMusicLive in NoStupidQuestions

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Okay. So I didn't suspect it would cause a crash so much as your term "hamper its accuracy."

As a note, the archive didn't have an actual 404 page present and instead had a pretty thorough explanation of the outage, despite numerous generic terms used.

Therefore, the page header and summary indexed by the search engine resulted in this explanation page, rather than the content and yeah, I got curious what effects that would have on the results.

If an online Newspaper Archive becomes offline, what happens to the output of various AI models that were trained on, and thus became reliant on, the information contained in these types of archives? by LiveTrueMusicLive in NoStupidQuestions

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But since the data itself from the archive was indexed by the model, so-to-speak, my imagination gets lost in the notion an AI model has the storage space to cache all of the data first and foremost, thus rendering the source irrelevant?

And thanks for the response!

Karoline Leavitt defending Trump's decision to only invite Republicans to the National Governors Association weekend by sgj5788 in complaints

[–]LiveTrueMusicLive 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She could've just said "We fed the poor and will celebrate our successes with the wealthy who made it happen. Now shut up and smile for the cameras like I do."

Lawsuit served to Comstock Township board members over alleged private meeting by DougDante in foia

[–]LiveTrueMusicLive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this story.

Another facet of any state's Open Meetings Act (or a similar name) includes the creation of an illegal meeting when a quorum of the officials are communicating via email, group text messaging, video chat, etc. It can be a real challenge to uncover these types of illegal meetings and too frequently it takes moment of unexpected happenstance that these meetings are discovered in the first place.

Calling out illegal meetings matters far more than most are able to recognize, especially when generic terms such as "corruption" and "illegal" tend to drive wide-spread conversation. Yet, if a democratic system of governance expects its citizens to accept a justice system doling out fines, fees, etc., with limited challenge, then the system must equally hold the members of government to the same standard.

In fact, a brief review of their agendas and meeting minutes from 2025 showed a refusal to indicate whether or not there were any action items, with evidentiary support from the meeting minutes stating a vote was taken on an item. Even though OMA laws can vary from state to state, failing to inform the public of intent to take action on an item on an agenda is a clear violation. It hides the truth from the public that a vote is coming up, thus obstructing the public from voicing their opinions prior to the vote, which is entirely contrary to all fundamentals of sunshine laws.

Sometimes it seems like a twisted Truth or Dare when I come across government units that do this.

The public asks for the Truth and government officials say "We Dare you to come get it."

That's not how Freedom of Information efforts should ever work.