Ben Velderman stalking me is okay but filing a FOIA request about Sears tax breaks is illegal.
Last Spring Ben Velderman, the creepy guy pictured above, filed an Illinois FOIA request for all my work emails. After school district lawyers redacted the names of students and other innocent by-standers, hundreds of emails were delivered to Ben.
Then this Fall Ben Velderman’s boss, Kyle Olson of the Education Action Group, having promised to “make a project” out of me, filed another FOIA request for my personnel file. After the district lawyers redacted confidential material, my personnel file was sent to Olson.
By the way, I can view my own personnel file, but I can’t remove it from the HR office. But Olson can get an
