{"id":550,"date":"2026-08-13T17:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:46:43","slug":"foia-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/?page_id=550","title":{"rendered":"FOIA Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Residents just need transparency about the Summit Avenue bike trail.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sept. 23, 2026 The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Sept. 8 affirmed that the city of St. Paul refused to disclose damaging information about the proposed bike trail on Summit Avenue before the St. Paul City Council voted to approve it on May 24, 2023. The court stated<\/a>: \u201cThe undisputed facts demonstrate that the city knew the [Minnesota Government Data Practices Act\u2019s] requirements [and] knowingly decided to implement a policy that \u2026 would result in noncompliance … .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He wanted to know the Summit Avenue plan. He sued to get it.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sept. 19, 2026 Twice now, because once apparently isn\u2019t enough when the city of St. Paul wants its way, the courts have ruled that the city willfully broke the law by denying Bob Cattanach the plans for the Summit Avenue bike trail. He first sued last year and won. The city appealed his victory. Last week, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled<\/a> that St. Paul did, in fact, willfully violate the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Just flat out ignored it. Cattanach was awarded $30,000 plus administrative fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Freedom of Information Act need a summary here Press Articles & Letters to the Editor Residents just need transparency about the Summit Avenue bike trail. Sept. 23, 2026 The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Sept. 8 affirmed that the city of St. Paul refused to disclose damaging information about the proposed bike trail on Summit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"links-hub","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-550","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suddendeathartistcolony.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}