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FOIA revelations and commentary on money, power, and transparency in Virginia politics.
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A Virginia AI FOIA Protocol (opens the original)
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Virginia Coalition for Open Government Executive Director Megan Rhyne opined last week on some of the "slop” generated by ChatGPT when prompted to craft FOIA requests. Now Richmond attorney Andrew Bodoh, perhaps best known for representing Alice Minium in the Hanover County "secret police” FOIA case, has released a protocol to mitigate some of the "slop” Rhyne identified in
Flock to Replace Yorktown Camera "At No Cost"; McClellan Comments on Proposed Dominion-NextEra Merger (opens the original)
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Yorktown Neighborhood to be Re-FlockedA couple weeks ago, I reported on the Flock automated license plate reader that was presumably cut down at the entrance to my York County neighborhood. To learn more, I sent a FOIA request to York-Poquoson Sheriff Ron Montgomery on August 9, 2026. I specifically requested “all records concerning the removal of this device, including any communications or other records regarding the cost of the unit and potential replacement costs.”<a class="i
Yorktown Neighborhood DeFlocked (opens the original)
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Just one day after Harrisonburg City Council unanimously voted to end its contract with surveillance company Flock Safety, I arrived home from work to find my local Flock camera cut down to a pitiful stump. I hadn’t noticed it earlier this week, but the camera installed at the entrance to our neighborhood (without any vote by residents) apparently met the same fate as <a href="https://www.alxnow.com/2026/07/14/alexandria-man-arrested-for-a
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