I reveal here a fascinating problem that the corporate state makes for itself, that is creating policies and procedures that go beyond the scope of statute. The first document is a stste rebuff reply to an open records request. Below it, my follow-up letter demanding answers in the form of documents and policy and rules. The question is how can an executive branch agency suspend a privilege for which no application has been previously made? The letter from Deputy Council Lizbeth Hale indicates that in Hamilton County and Lawrence County, for a period of several years, thousands of letters have … Continue reading Authority ex nihilo; trooper agency seems to exert power apart from law