Background on taxpayer-funded stadium controversy: http://www.endzonemarketing.com/football_dick_looking.html Arizona open records law: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/39/00121-01.htm Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority, created by the state legislature: http://www.az-tsa.com/aboutus.htm Below message was forwarded to cypherpunks by Matthew Gaylor. As a courtesy, I've copied the board members of the Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority. -Declan --- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 18:57:38 -0700 (MST) From: snailat_private (MIKE ROSS) Subject: email addresses of TSA board members - please distribute to everyone To: freemattat_private, snailat_private As a tax hating Arizonan i figured I would like to e-mail the TSA (Tourism Stadium Authority) board members and tell them I think the new stadium for Bill Bidwell and his stinking football team should be built in St Louis, Mo using whatever tax dollars the citizens of St Louis feel free to spend on it. certainly not in Phoenix or Tempe where the Arizona government goons want to build it using MY tax dollars. So I emailed Kim Monroe kmonroe@az-tsa.com at the TSA and asked her for the email addresses of the TSA board members. She came back and said the email addresses were secret and I couldn't have them. I asked John Wilde for some legal advice on the matter and he told me to get the information requesting them as public records per A.R.S. Section 39-121 I wrote the TSA back and demanded for them to give me the information under the public records laws of A.R.S. 39-121 and told them I would sue if they didn't give it to me. I also emailed a press release to about 1500 Arizona media outlets asking if they could write a story about how the TSA is refusing to give out public information. Last I sent a press release out to all of the Arizona state senators and house members, and most elected city and county officials in Maricopa county complaining that the TSA was refusing to give out public information and asking for their help. looks like something i did worked. i got this email today listing the email addresses of the TSA board members. I think it's from the law firm that represents the TSA. Please give it out to as many libertarians and tax haters as you can so other people can tell the TSA board members what they think about Bill Bidwells stadium. mike ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:50:45 -0700 From: CSKINNERat_private Subject: Tourism and Sports Authority - Response to Public Record Request To: snailat_private, jhuppentat_private Cc: tferris@az-tsa.com, kmonroe@az-tsa.com, LSTEINat_private Dear Mr. Ross and Representative Huppenthal, We represent the Tourism and Sports Authority and have been copied on the exchange of correspondence between Mr. Ross, Representative Huppenthal and Ms. Monroe of the Authority concerning Mr. Ross's public record request for the email addresses of the Authority's Board members. Please find below a list of the requested addresses: Mr. Roc Arnett: rarnett@az-tsa.com Mr. John Benton: jbenton@az-tsa.com Mr. Jim Grogan: jgrogan@az-tsa.com Mr. C.A. Howlett: chowlett@az-tsa.com Ms. Valarie Miceli: vmiceli@az-tsa.com Mr. Herman Orcutt: horcutt@az-tsa.com Mr. William Peltier: wpeltier@az-tsa.com Mr. Rod Williams: rwilliams@az-tsa.com In addition to contacting Authority Board members via email, correspondence to Board members may, of course, be directed to the Board by mailing such correspondence to any or all Board members directly c/o the Tourism and Sports Authority, 14500 North Northsight Boulevard, Suite 312, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260. Also, phone messages for Board members may be left with Ms. Debbie Kivin, Authority Receptionist, at (480) 505-0533. Additionally, please be aware that the Authority, like most public entities, has a policy requiring those requesting public records to complete a Public Record Request Form prior to disclosure of the records. In the interest of expediency, I am forwarding the above records despite the lack of a completed Public Record Request Form. 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