The city of McKinney, Texas has admitted that a public records request for an email was not meant to cost almost $80,000. Gawker Media writer Andy Cush had requested city emails regarding a
controversial incident between police and youth that went viral online. Cush requested the document citing The Texas Public Information Act and was told the job would require 2,231 hours of
programmer time costing $79,229.09. "The cost estimate was reached by mistake and should never have been communicated to you as a requestor for public records," the city spokesperson wrote in a
letter to Cush.Read the whole story at The Los Angeles Times »
