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Re: [PLUG] City Lawyer: We Don't Store Data on Hard Disk
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You are definitely being set up for a no-win situation. I used to have to deal with many municipal employees in getting information on assessments, land use, etc. Once they realized I worked for tax consultant, they tried to throw every obstacle they could just this side of breaking the law in my face so that I could not get the information I needed.
The bottom line is the more they can drag it out, even if they know they will eventually lose, the better the chance you'll quit.
Besides, you are with hallwatch.org. You might as well put "Hi. We monitor you. Whatever I need, please make it very hard for me to get." on a T-shirt and walk into the BRT with it.
Craig
Edmund Goppelt <webmaster@hallwatch.org> wrote:
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 01:51:44PM -0400, Barry Roomberg wrote:
> > If the City isn't lying, then why won't they say what is preventing
> > them from copying their database records to CD? It seems to me they
> > have nothing to lose and everything to gain by explaining what the
> > technical hold up is.
>
> Because there is a political motivation not to give you that particular
> bit of information. This is what is critical in the assement of taxes, right?
> If you plot all these values you will be able to determine that they have
> been BSing concerning their usage of them, which in turn will make
> their life very difficult.
> If you spider their site, and call them on it, then they will say the
> values change all the time, which will invalidate your analysis.
>
> They are setting you up for a no-win situation.
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