HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Op Ed: One of the stranger urban legends to find a home among editorialists in Pennsylvania is the bizarre assertion that Gov. Tom Corbett is personally suing a reporter for submitting a Right-to-Know request for the governor’s emails and schedule….
Nobody’s suing anybody here. Nobody is going after Mark Scolforo’s credit, possessions or bank account, as would be the case if he were being sued personally. We’re asking a court to settle a question about what the law means. Scolforo’s name is on the case because he brought it in the first place.
In the last two years, the Corbett administration has received roughly 14,000 Right-to-Know requests, and we have worked hard to respond to them all. Disagreements about what is and isn’t a public record are inevitable. That’s the reason for a legal system, starting with the Office of Open Records and extending to the Commonwealth Court… (more)
