Times-Dispatch Freedom of Information reporting
From Sunshine Review
March 15, 2009
[edit] Times-Dispatch Freedom of Information reporting
"Some of the most exciting writing we do here in the Richmond Times-Dispatch newsroom never gets published.
It reads like this: "This is a request under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act . . . ."
With those words, we recently found out that:
- The Virginia State Police need 600 more troopers, investigators, and supervisors.
- Richmond police spent $11,586 on security for Mayor Dwight C. Jones during President Barack Obama's inauguration.
- Richmond officials couldn't say how many officials drive city-owned cars home.
- Virginia Commonwealth University officials decided, in their own words, to be "very flexible" in awarding then-Richmond Police Chief Rodney D. Monroe a degree when he had far fewer VCU credits than the school required of other students -- and the police department paid $15,937 in tuition fees for that degree."
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