Please Support Our New Investigative Fund

David Sirota -

Friends:

If you have been considering becoming a paying subscriber to The Daily Poster, there has never been a better time to do so. Please use this discount link right now, because we have to increase our open records request fund:

Why do we need money for records requests? Because while public agencies are required by law to respond to open records requests, they can also demand large payments to fulfill the requests — and many agencies use exorbitant fees to discourage scrutiny of their actions.

Last month alone, three different state agencies sent us bills for $235, $236, and $273, and a fourth department just demanded $1,000 in response to one of our requests.

We don’t have enough money in our budget to cover these bills, which means leaving important stories on the table. So please, use this discount link right now to become a paying subscriber:

There is no question that we need the support. Nearly every week, we break scoops based on records requests we send out. Here are a few examples:

Record requests are the lifeblood of The Daily Poster’s investigative reporting efforts, and those requests are becoming increasingly expensive. So we cannot keep doing this unless more of you become paying subscribers. To encourage you to do so, we are offering you this special discount:

If you can, please pitch in right now. With your support, we will be able to pay for many more records requests — and the rich and powerful won’t know what hit them.

Rock the boat,

Sirota