Shelby Development LLC, owned by Heartland Motorsports Park owner Chris Payne, filed a lawsuit this past Friday in Shawnee County District Court against Shawnee County clerk Cynthia Beck.
The 14-page suit, which lists Beck as defendant, includes three counts of alleged violations of the Kansas Open Records Act by Shawnee County pertaining to 2016 and 2017 appraisals for Heartland Motorsports Park, formerly Heartland Park Topeka.
Count I of the petition pertains to alleged Kansas Open Records Act violations related to an April 2017 KORA request while Count II pertains to a March 2018 request and Count III to a February 2019 request.
The suit alleges that the county didn’t provide timely access to all records requested by the plaintiff, that some requested records weren’t disclosed and that some records were improperly closed, both by means of complete closure and selective closure.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)