Documents Released to SPLC Regarding Stormfront Conference

Bristow Law <[email protected]>

FW: SPLC request for information

Austin Payne <[email protected]> Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:06 PMTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>Cc: Melanie Stanley <[email protected]>

Mr. Bristow,

Please find attached and below the information you requested in your letter dated December 4, 2014.

Sincerely,

Austin Payne

Assistant General Counsel

William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, 2nd

Floor

312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue

Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Office: (615)532-0131

Email: [email protected]

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From: Kelly Brockman

Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 3:13 PM

To: 'Heidi Beirich'

Subject: RE: SPLC request for information

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Heidi,

As long as our customers behave peacefully and lawfully, Tennessee State Parks cannot legally restrict access to government facilities or a group’s right to assemble based on their beliefs.

Please see attached agreement and room rental receipt from the event that weekend.

Thanks,

Kelly

From: Heidi Beirich [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:42 AM

To: Kelly Brockman

Cc: Heidi Beirich

Subject: SPLC request for information

Heidi Beirich

Southern Poverty Law Center

400 Washington

Montgomery, AL

334-956-8309

November 26, 2014

Kelly Brockman

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

[email protected]

615-253-1916



Dear Ms. Brockman:

Thank you for assisting our reporter, Jim Smith, in his inquiry yesterday. Per your instructiions, we are submitting a written request for information regarding a KKKK, Stormfront.org gathering held at one of your state parks earlier this month.

Under the Tennessee Open Records Act, §10-7-503 et seq., we are requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of rental agreements, receipts and any other records showing who exactly rented the facility called the "Tea Room" at Norris Dam State Park over the weekend of November 7th through the 9th, 2014.

We would also like to know if the person or persons who rented the Tea Room also rented any cabins or other facilities at the park that weekend.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $100. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of how leaders of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were able to rent the Tea Room at Norris Dam State Park.

The Tennessee Open Records Act requires a response time within seven days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request and I’d appreciate it if you could let me know that you have received this email. If you have any questions, my work phone is above and my cell is 334-207-6587.



Best,

Heidi Beirich

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Heidi L. Beirich, Ph.D.

Director, Intelligence Project

Southern Poverty Law Center

334-956-8309

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Bristow Request.pdf208K

