Washington State: Mayor West seeks to block release of his computer info
AP reports: Lawyers for Mayor Jim West, the subject of a recall petition drive over a City Hall sex scandal, have asked a court to block the release of copies of potentially embarrassing contents of computer hard drives.
In a sworn affidavit filed Wednesday in Spokane County Superior Court to support the request for a temporary restraining order, West said his city-owned computer's hard drive may contain information relating to "personal social contacts" from his use of the device outside City Hall. ...
West's lawyers want to block release of the city computer drives by the city attorney's office to media seeking to review their contents under the state's Public Records Act.
"I believe the information on the city computer disk is private, not subject to public disclosure, and is exempt from disclosure," West said in his affidavit.
Spokane's computer and e-mail policy states that City Hall computers are for public uses and that state or federal laws may make their data available to citizens. -- AP Wire | 08/26/2005 | Spokane mayor seeks to block computer info