Rockland ME City Council gives prelim approval to 6 month moratorium on Big Energy projects,

180 day Energy Moratorium on 10+ MWatt  power projects. Got 1st approval by Rockland  city council 12/14/15  

FOPB FOAAs Rockland city officials' phone records.

On October 2, 2015 Friends of Penobscot Bay filed FOAA  requests with five Rockland officials for their phone records, ie. ...public records detailing all your city-related desk phone and cellphone/smartphone useage for the period of August 1, 2015 through October 13, 2015. If you were using a personal cellphone or other device during that time in lieu of or in addition to the city-supplied phones for transacting public business, verbally or by text, we ask that you supply the relevant public records from that as well.". 

On October 19, 2015  city attorney Kevin Beal wrote back   claiming that:
1. half of the requested records don't exist [wrong]
2. The other half are so mixed together  with private messages that it will take 60 hours of intensive steady labor at $15 dollars per hour for the five persons to look through their two most recent phone bills.  $885.00 payment will be required up front.  Huh? What?  

Rockland FOAA phone requests
10/2/15 FOAA phone records request to Rockland city attorney Kevin Beal_phone

10/2/15 FOAA phone records request to Rockland city council member Larry Pritchett

10/2/15 FOAA phone records request to Rockland waste water treatment operator Terry Pinto

1012/15 FOAA phone records request to Rockland econ development staffer Caler Bell

10/2/15 FOAA phone records request to Rockland city manager Jim Chaousis

ROCKLAND FOAA RESPONSE
101915 Kevin Beal's response

NEXT STEP:  stay tuned!

Rockland City Council member Larry Pritchett's FOAA response broken into six 25 page pieces

Pritchett's response to FOPB 9/4/15 FOAA request  re Rockland gas plant proposal

Pritchett's full 150 page response

Pritchett pages 1-25

Pritchett pages 26-50

Pritchett pages 51-75

Pritchett pages 76-100

Pritchett pages 101-125

Pritchett pages 126-150

FOAA responses of Rockland officials re Gas Plant plan September 2015

 On September 4, 2015, Friends of Penobscot Bay filed a freedom of access act request with  six members of the Rockland City government. We asked for  documents  "from between July 28 2015 and September 4, 2015, inclusive, that pertain to the proposed natural gas cogeneration power plant  and pipeline proposals being considered In or connecting to Rockland" .

* City Council member Larry Pritchett 150 pages  
*   Pritchett's response broken into six 25 page parts

* Audra Caler Bell, Economic Development Dir 19 pages

* Kevin Beal City Attorney 14 pages

* James Chaousis City Manager 142 pages 

* City Mayor Frank Isganitis 37 pages 

* City treatment Plant Operator Terry Pinto 1page