City of Nashville declines records request that could help show judges’ hours at courthouse
The city of Nashville declined part of a recent public records request by The Tennesssean that would have shown the time of day Davidson County judges used their access cards to enter or exit a courthouse or its parking garage. The request was part of a larger one by the media company for access card data that the newspaper used to analyze how many days judges showed up to work compared with each other and a state average. The city released which days the judges used their access cards, but would not release the times of day when the access cards were swiped. "Under Tenn. Code Ann. 10-7-504(i)(1), the specific times [...]