Comments on: Could County Assessors Be Wrong? http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/could-county-assessors-be-wrong/ Uncovering The Facts Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: This week’s Best of the FOIAsphere: The teen drinking edition « Open Records http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/could-county-assessors-be-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-198 This week’s Best of the FOIAsphere: The teen drinking edition « Open Records Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:53:49 +0000 http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/?p=209#comment-198 [...] Could a county assessor be wrong? Nah, that’d never [...] [...] Could a county assessor be wrong? Nah, that’d never [...]

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/could-county-assessors-be-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Jeremy Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:28:28 +0000 http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/?p=209#comment-195 Interesting. I guess we'll have to see if his County Counsel agrees. I find it interesting that El Dorado County Counsel was the one who inquired, meaning they had to be facing this issue. I'm tired of these "public servants" refusing to accept the fact that they work at our behest. We are the Government. Interesting. I guess we’ll have to see if his County Counsel agrees. I find it interesting that El Dorado County Counsel was the one who inquired, meaning they had to be facing this issue. I’m tired of these “public servants” refusing to accept the fact that they work at our behest. We are the Government.

]]> By: Tamara Thompson http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/could-county-assessors-be-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Tamara Thompson Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:54:51 +0000 http://www.publicrecordsguy.com/?p=209#comment-194 The President of the California Assessors Association, Mike Strong (Sutter County Assessor; MStrong (at) co (dot) sutter (dot) ca (dot) us), doesn't agree with my reading of the Attorney General opinion. Here's the text of his email to me: "Here is what the AG opinion says (with my emphases added): CONCLUSION Where a county maintains a comprehensive database of property-related information that may incidentally contain the home addresses and telephone numbers of persons who are elected or appointed public officials, but who are not identifiable as such from the data, Government Code section 6254.21(a) does not require the county to obtain permission from those officials before transmitting the database over a limited-access network, such as an “intranet,” “extranet,” or “virtual private network.” A limited-access network is just that – limited. The terms “intranet,” “extranet,” or “virtual private network” all apply to restricted or limited access networks. The internet is not a limited-access network and the AG opinion, therefore, does not change or reinterpret Government Code section 6254.21(a), as it applies to database information available to the general public via the internet. " The President of the California Assessors Association, Mike Strong (Sutter County Assessor; MStrong (at) co (dot) sutter (dot) ca (dot) us), doesn’t agree with my reading of the Attorney General opinion. Here’s the text of his email to me:

“Here is what the AG opinion says (with my emphases added):

CONCLUSION

Where a county maintains a comprehensive database of property-related information that may incidentally contain the home addresses and telephone numbers of persons who are elected or appointed public officials, but who are not identifiable as such from the data, Government Code section 6254.21(a) does not require the county to obtain permission from those officials before transmitting the database over a limited-access network, such as an “intranet,” “extranet,” or “virtual private network.”

A limited-access network is just that – limited. The terms “intranet,” “extranet,” or “virtual private network” all apply to restricted or limited access networks.

The internet is not a limited-access network and the AG opinion, therefore, does not change or reinterpret Government Code section 6254.21(a), as it applies to database information available to the general public via the internet. “

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