KJ vs. State Over Records on Richardson
07.09.2010
AUGUSTA -- Lawyers for the state and the Kennebec Journal are sparring over whether records from John Richardson's campaign for Maine governor should be open to the media -- and thus the public.
The two sides now disagree over what documents should be included in a stipulated record for the judge. They've asked for a conference with Justice Michaela Murphy to settle the matter.
In late May, MaineToday Media Inc. -- owner of the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Morning Sentinel in Waterville and Portland Press Herald -- sued the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices seeking documents received in John Richardson's failed effort to get public funding for his gubernatorial campaign.
MaineToday Media, represented by attorney Sigmund Schutz, went to Kennebec County Superior Court after the commission refused to release the records.
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