The battle between the current and former supervisors in the town of Richfield may be coming to an end after months of sparring, according to former supervisor Nick Palevsky. On Tuesday, Palevsky received notification that town documents he has been petitioning to review since last year have finally been approved “I am glad that the town officials have apparently decided to honor my request,” Palevsky said. The letter from Richfield Town Clerk Monica Harris was dated Feb. 26, and notified Palevsky that he should contact Supervisor Larry Budro to arrange a time to view the documents requested. An unresolved Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has been the subject of conflict between Palevsky and Budro, with neither relenting their position. A FOIA is a means of obtaining information from a municipality through legally set guidelines. Palevsky has been seeking information regarding Baker’s Beach for half a year now, and has yet been satisfied with his request. He planned to call Budro this week to make arrangements to view the documents. Up until last week, Budro had maintained that Palevsky has received all the information he is going to get, and that the town is not required to provide anymore. “I’m still not planning on giving him anything,” Budro said last Thursday. “The information he wants, some of it is not ‘FOIL-able.’ “If he thinks I’m going to put things together so he can aggravate me more, it’s not gonna work. He ain’t gonna get it,” Budro emphasized. “Let him get a subpoena. He started out asking for stuff, and when we give it to him, he wants two things more.” The information Palevsky is seeking relates to personnel matters. “If he wants this information, he can run for the job,” Budro said. Since Palevsky’s request, Budro said the town has provided him with a year end report “that should satisfy all of his questions. “Everything else I’d have to spend time looking up, like invoices.” Then he added, “I’ve got better things to do with my time than play with him.”
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