City Council says it has no electronic copies of its open-meeting report for the public

UPDATE: Robert Ambrogi has posted a copy of the open-meeting section of the report here - along with his commentary on how it attempts to twist the First Amendment into shapes not normally seen in nature.

Kevin McCrea called Councilor Feeney's office to get a copy of that 80-page report on why the council should seek an exemption from the state's Open Meeting Law and was asked for his postal address so they could mail him a paper copy:

... I then again asked why they weren't making it available electronically and they said there was a concern that if they made it available electronically that it might be altered!!!!! Apparently, they have never heard of PDF's. I then suggested that they post it on the City website for all to see. They said they would take it under consideration. ...

Now McCrea is one of the people who keeps suing the council over secret meetings (and keeps winning), but when I asked for a copy, I was also asked for my postal address and told they don't have an electronic copy ready for release at this point.

McCrea adds he's filed a public-records request to find out just how much money the council has spent so far on the report:

... Next time Councilor Flaherty is complaining about how much is being wasted on studies of a new City Hall, a good reporter should ask how much they have been wasting on this stuff. ...