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1/ New Treasurer Mike Frerichs denies FOIA request of investigation into harassment allegations against former Treas. Rutherford.
— Brian Mackey (@BrianMackey) January 20, 2015
2/ Frerichs' office says he's taking AG's advice to not release report, as it was part of preparation for a lawsuit, which is FOIA-exempt.
— Brian Mackey (@BrianMackey) January 20, 2015
3/ Frerichs' office says he "remains committed to transparency," and will work with AG to get report released.
— Brian Mackey (@BrianMackey) January 20, 2015
4/ Refresher: a former employee accuses Rutherford of harassment and requiring political work. http://t.co/cAKG6g85EB
— Brian Mackey (@BrianMackey) January 20, 2015
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 5:00 pm
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Frerichs starts off on the wrong foot…
I’m surprised there wasn’t a Dopey tweet to backpedal how he’s for transparency, lol.
Not a surprise, on lots of levels here
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 5:03 pm
This was a horrible position to be put in.
Release legal documents and then have to justify the denial of the release of legal documents in the future as being different than this case.
OR
Don’t release the documents and take flak for denying a FOIA request.
Ugh.
Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 5:10 pm
So now the AG, current Treasurer, immediate past Treasurer and by association the Speaker are covering up something? Wow! I’m still confused how Rutherford gets to claim this was about preparation for a lawsuit when in fact Braver was hired before any lawsuit existed.
Comment by Downstate GOP Faithless Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 5:26 pm
I have to assume the guys who were fired by Rutherford just added Frerichs office to their suit.
Comment by Downstate GOP Faithless Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 5:30 pm
excuse me, but what the hell is Frerichs thinking?
Comment by Loop Lady Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 6:02 pm
Ugh. The Mummy walks.
Thats a taxpayer funded report on a charge of sexual harassment. Rutherford put on a big show about it, and the expectation was that it would be released.
I dont recall that it was ever billed as a part of his defense. Fredichs should release it.
For crying out loud, Reagan released the Tower Report on Iran/Contra when Congress and the Justice Department was still all over him.
But keep this in mind: in the midst of the GOP primary, there was one reporter, Natasha Korecki of the Sun-Times, who just couldn’t help herself but to gay-bait Rutherford with a smarmy, innuendoe-dripping “rooming with a dude” hook story, complete with a Sunday front-page, frolicking- on -the -beach -without- a -shirt photo.
Subtle, that.
This was before we all knew that the Sun-Times was walking the street for Rauner, what with the Dave McKinney takedown, the squeeze on Rich Miller, and the ludicrous, singular endorsement.
The two episodes might not be related, but let’s show all the cards.
Comment by Wordslinger Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 6:10 pm
Frerichs is the same Dope that signed all these new rules for workers in his office…
Speaks volumes how hollow Mike Frerichs is.
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 6:14 pm
Why the angst? The State’s legal counsel says withhold them. You do that until told otherwise by the State’s legal counsel or a judge.
Comment by Smitty Irving Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 6:49 pm
Makes no sense to me - damned if you do damned if you don’t - but what about transparency? This report was paid for by us and should be made public!
Comment by illini Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 6:50 pm
===Why the angst?===
Frerichs is a glommer.
Frerichs hard to roll out his employees rights glomming to dove tail Gov. Rauner’s EOs, glomming like a child, “look at me, I sign things too!”
Meanwhile, the AG decision pertaining to an employee report paid by taxpayers is not being released.
See, Frerichs just can’t let things unfold, glommers are like that, they have to insert thenselves.
Well, this is what happens when you sign rules for employees and transparency and you don’t release taxpayer paid reports, under advisement or not.
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 7:20 pm
Don’t promise promise something unless you are sure you can deliver.
I suspect the Frerichs assumed that he would be able to release the report and that Rutherford did not have cause to retain it. He gets into office and finds out that Rutherford left him with a report he could not share without stepping into legal doo-doo. Rutherford anticipated that his successor would release the report, so he put a legal lock on it.
Frerichs’s mistake was assuming that Rutherford would not do something to tie his successor’s hands.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 7:56 pm
Oswego Willy et al:
Did you really expect the Treasurer to release the report against the advice of the Attorney General? Grow up.
Comment by RFK fam Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 8:25 pm
Meet the new boss, the same as the old boss.
Comment by Plutocrat03 Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 8:28 pm
- RFK fam -
You should read for comprehension.
It’s not that he’s not releasing it, it’s the grandstanding.
If you’re going to grandstsnd and try to release it, release it.
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 8:39 pm
It’s not always pretty when rhetoric meets reality. Disappointing that Frerichs has become a lapdog for Madigan.
Comment by Strunk Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 9:01 pm
==- Downstate GOP Faithless - Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 5:26 pm:
So now the AG, current Treasurer, immediate past Treasurer and by association the Speaker are covering up something? ==
==- Strunk - Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 9:01 pm:
It’s not always pretty when rhetoric meets reality. Disappointing that Frerichs has become a lapdog for Madigan.==
I don’t get it. How is this Speaker Madigan’s fault?
Comment by WWMJMD Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 9:22 pm
Kind of silly not to release the report. The plaintiff in the federal lawsuit has a legal right to the information and will get the report through the discovery process. It is not something they can withhold if their position is something to the effect that it could hurt their case. So, the only people that do not get to see it are the one that paid for it.
Comment by JS Mill Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 9:33 pm
===and by association the Speaker===
Whew. Somebody needs to get back on their meds.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 11:40 pm
If I’m not mistaken, the report was a publicly-funded internal report received in final form well before it was potentially possibly maybe discovery/evidence in pending litigation.
In other words, it was FOIAble before maybe it wasn’t again.
Legal advice is just that Mr. Treasurer. Honor your campaign promise, stand tall, and release the report. Lisa will just have to get over it.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 11:50 pm
==So now the AG, current Treasurer, immediate past Treasurer and by association the Speaker are covering up something?==
It’s a Knights Templar thing.
Comment by Precinct Captain Tuesday, Jan 20, 15 @ 11:56 pm
Natasha Korecki of the Sun-Times, who just couldn’t help herself but to gay-bait Rutherford
Natasha also wanted everyone to believe that Schock was walking around the State Fairgrounds in Prada footwear. What’s her problem?
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jan 21, 15 @ 8:21 am
Frerichs can play this both ways when it suits him. There is no hurry. Rutherford is out and burned many a bridge on the way.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jan 21, 15 @ 8:24 am