I just reached a settlement in my public records lawsuit against the Minnesota Dept. of Employment and Economic Development and its Commissioner Steve Grove. They’ll provide me all the data I requested and pay $17,000. When government agency heads use their social media for government purposes, who they block is public data.
@tony …You mean incoming Star Tribune Publisher & CEO Steve Grove? THAT bodes well…
@tony well done!
Congratulations 🎉
@tony Does that cover your costs? Was being correct on the facts enough for you to win?
@evanwolf Yes and yes – I mean, me being correct usually doesn't stop the government from fighting me, but we had a very respectful dialogue in reaching settlement.
@tony Great to hear!
@tony Here's a skip-the-paywall link, if you want to share that: https://strib.gift/s0w6hcn1g
@ironiridis @tony thanks for this.
@tony congrats!
@tony Wonderful. Maybe for his first act, he can loosen the pay wall. 🙄
Here’s the Star Tribune’s story on my public records settlement: DEED commissioner, incoming Star Tribune publisher Steve Grove settles journalist's lawsuit https://m.startribune.com/deed-commissioner-incoming-star-tribune-publisher-steve-grove-settles-journalists-lawsuit/600251882/