The (Vancouver) Columbian reports that the City of Vancouver was fined $1,790 in a public records case but that the judge did not find any bad faith on the part of the City.
The story does not address the larger source of a money pay out for the City, the mandatory award of attorneys' fees to the requestor who prevailed.
Thanks to avid og-blog reader "Kokanee Bill" for this story.
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