It don’t add up, partner. George Teal may dress like a cowboy but he flies pretty fancy. In this episode, we walk through the updates regarding the results of a recent CORA request and question why the county reimbursed Teal for $17,091 when he submitted a partial receipt that failed to include required information, such as what class he flew.

(Thanks to the super sleuth team who helped explain all of this to me)

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It’s late and I can’t phone a friend but this is why I think the email/United receipt possibly sent to George’s personal email is subject to CORA. I believe that the county had an obligation to ask for the full receipt, and that George and the county had a duty to preserve it: Thus, under the plain text of the statute, the actual physical location of a “writing” is immaterial to the question of whether a writing “made, maintained, or kept” by a governmental employee, whose content discusses public business, is a public record.” and The definition of public records includes all “writings” made, maintained or kept by the state or any agency, institution or political subdivision “for use in the exercise of functions required or authorized by law or administrative rule or involving the receipt or expenditure of public funds.”

Example of typical United receipt (Teal cut out the red part in his) (go to substack if you can’t view):

George’s United receipt:

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