Yeah, after looking at a couple of agencies pages discussing it, it's like you can ask, but 400 things are exempted, we're not going to compile for you (already has to be a record of note, not a new data point), and basically reserve the right to tell you to fuck off.
sad, really.
A proper FOI approach would give the constituents a reasonable chance to be informed, but I guess that's the whole idea.
There's The Kansas Open Records Act they could use.
Not once, not twice, not ten times. Bury them in them. Use the ones they fulfill as data to inform the public, the ones they don't, well make them sink time and funding into defending why they won't.
It's only secret because the media and public is apathetic. Hammer down the doors and sooner or later they'll have to seriously consider whether not being open with the public is worth it.
I live all of 20 minutes from the article's location and drive through it twice a week on average (I live in Grove, OK)
DG's got several stores around here, and it's amazing on the placement of them to be honest. It isn't really just a "find a hole in the ground where there's no competition"
Dollar General (at least in this area) likes to plant a store in a location that is just outside of the city limits and soaks in a TON of business on the dynamic of "do I drive all the way in town for X, or do I make a quick trip."
Across the board, they aren't cheaper on a unit by unit cost, they just offer smaller amounts/package and sell for slightly less to give that perception.
One down the road next to me is always packed. They're just too accessible when the alternative is driving half an hour into town.
sad, really.
A proper FOI approach would give the constituents a reasonable chance to be informed, but I guess that's the whole idea.