Public records issue flares in Palouse

A matter of public records requests has arisen again in Palouse after the resignation of City Clerk/ Treasurer Mike Bagott after 16 months on the job.

An end date has not been set.

“Tentatively, probably around the end of July,” Bagott said. “I want to do my best to not leave the city in a bad spot.”

At issue is the high number of public records requests, coming by e-mail, a practice which has evolved since the Public Disclosure Act of 1972 – renamed the Public Records Act in 2006.

In response to the Bagott resignation, a band of Palouse residents have formed a group called STTOP (Support The...