alt Hacker NewsI can tell you that I worked at a local government many many years ago and purposefully delaying or charging a lot for open records requests the entity did not want to complete is absolutely something that was discussed and employed internally. Almost certainly there is malicious intent here, you are giving them too much benefit of doubt.
> Almost certainly there is malicious intent here, you are giving them too much benefit of doubt.
It's equally as certain (not very certain) you're attributing malicious intent where there is none. They're both real possibilities.