June 11, 2003
25th District Commander
Grand-Central Station
5555 W. Grand
Chicago, Illinois 60639
Commander McCotter:
This letter is being written in response to a denial of our first request to the
25th District via the Freedom of Information Act, hereafter referred to as
FOIA, pertaining to the “Rules” for CAPS.
Please consider this letter as a new request for information pertaining to two
entities, referred by all other districts that have indeed fulfilled our initial
request, called the District Advisory Council (or Committee) and the District
Steering Committee (or Council).
We hereby request the following via FOIA. As a matter of convenience, since you
might not know about FOIA, and the Corporate Council lawyer definitely seems to
be ignorant of the “intent” of the law, we are informing you that legally, you
have 7 days to reply.
Timeframe: 1/1/99 - Last Statement received.
1. A complete list of all banks and respective account numbers through which
the District Advisory Council (or Committee) or the District Steering Council
(or Committee) had funds transferred within the above timeframe.
2. Names of any and all firms that have audited all accounts along with copies
of their reports. Please include both summary and detailed reports.
3. Copies of all monthly statements for every aforementioned accounts/funds.
4. Complete list of payees, with detailed information that includes check
numbers, date issued and amount disbursed.
5. Complete list of revenue sources, be they fund, fund transfer from other
city accounts, donations, etc. - include reference account numbers, amount
transferred and from where - same for every revenue source.
The above should include information for every subcommittee as well.
Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Wayne A. Strnad
Director
CC: Other interested parties
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