Bruce Thompson, Raleigh lawyer for Stanly County in its opposition to renewal of a hydroelectric license, says the county has no quibble over the public records Alcoa wants, and in fact delivered a bunch today.
In an e-mail, Thompson said, "I thought you would be interested in seeing this letter detailing the extraordinary steps the County has taken to respond to the public records request. Of note is the agreement that Alcoa's attorneys made with the County in order to narrow the scope and speed up the process. I spoke with one of Alcoa's lawyers at 4pm yesterday to inform him that the County was making a large production of documents today, some of which we hand delivered to his office. Nevertheless, Alcoa chose to file suit before even taking the time to review today's production."
