County Sued Over Alleged Sunshine Law Violatons

A lawsuit has been filed against Camden County due to alleged violations of the Missouri Sunshine Law. The suit was filed by Leslie Chamberlin and Theresa Townsend, representing Citizens for a Better Camden County. The suit alleges that both requested emails from Presiding Commissioner Greg Hasty and First District Commissioner Bev Thomas for 2015 in November. After several back and forth emails, the county on November 30^th responded back saying their request would be finished by December 15^th 2015, but at a cost of around 416-dollars. There are also other requests they have made that are in the suit. Chamberlin says she is doing this for the betterment of the county…

The county in 2014 hired a Sunshine Law attorney to represent them upon advice from the State Attorney General’s Office. The case is expected to go to court on March 3^rd…