Kansas City Veteran Blocked By Mayor Q Continues Fight For Access

We've followed this sage for a few months because it's at the cutting edge of social media and political rules & regs.

Remember . . .

The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against former Prez Trump for blocking people on Twitter. 

And so the law is WIDE OPEN to interpretation.

Accordingly . . .

Here's a response from 12th & Oak to requests for info regarding Mayor Q's social media outlets . . .

The thoughtful response from the local veteran . . . 

"Most of Mayor Quinton Lucas's official statements on Covid and livestreams from city hall during Covid are on that page along with many other non‐political and inherently governmental statements by the Mayor, if this is a political page owned by the campaign then these official records are being housed outside of the city control and not accessible to all constituents. I demand access to the official statements made by the Mayor through the Mayor Quinton Lucas Facebook page, which at the time those posts were made was listed on the KCMO.gov official social media directory.  He was not a candidate for any office and presented himself only as the Mayor, the City acknowledged that it was his official page by tagging it on the official city Facebook page as well. No reasonable person believes this is a personal political Facebook page, but if it is then he is storing official records outside of the control of the city or using public resources for campaign business and denying constituents access to these records. In accordance with Missouri statutes I believe that this refusal to provide these records is a willful violation of the rsmo 109.180 copied below. I believe this to also be a violation of the MO sunshine law by denying me access to what are undisputably public records. Please reevaluate this request.  I am copying the MO Attorney General on this email as an official complaint of Sunshine Law violations by the City of KCMO and Mayor Quinton Lucas."

Possibly a bit of precedent . . . 

109.180.  Public records open to inspection — refusal to permit inspection, penalty. — Except as otherwise provided by law, all state, county and municipal records kept pursuant to statute or ordinance shall at all reasonable times be open for a personal inspection by any citizen of Missouri, and those in charge of the records shall not refuse the privilege to any citizen.  Any official who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to removal or impeachment and in addition shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by confinement in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both the fine and the confinement.

Developing . . .