FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Contact: Chris Horner
Chris.Horner@ATI.org
Texas Tech ignores request for Gingrich book records
Controversial activist professor claims to have spent 100+ hours on chapter suddenly dropped from upcoming book
WASHINGTON — American Tradition Institute, a non-profit research institute dedicated to restoring science, liberty and accountability to the environmental debate, filed on Dec. 10 a Public Information Act request with Texas Tech University relating to collaboration on a book, using public time and resources, between “climate” activist Professor Katharine Hayhoe and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
Texas Tech was to produce responsive records by early last week. To date, ATI has not received a response.
“This is a matter of significant public interest, as Mr. Gingrich’s views and past activism on the ‘climate’ issue receive scrutiny by voters seeking to assess his judgment and compatibility with their views,” said Chris Horner, ATI’s Senior Director of Litigation.
Hayhoe, who preaches that human activity is destroying the climate and that Christian stewardship compels acceptance of the ‘climate’ agenda, had been publicly identified as a contributor to Gingrich’s forthcoming book “Environmental Entrepreneurs.” Hayhoe had gained notoriety for urging evangelical Christians into supporting the controversial, costly and according to all computer models, climatically meaningless ‘climate’ agenda. News outlets now report that Gingrich, under fire for his left-of-center views on the environment from presidential competitors and Tea Party activists, quickly deep-sixed Hayhoe’s chapter last week.
“Nice to hear that Gingrich is tossing my #climate chapter in the trash. 100+ unpaid hrs I cd’ve spent playing w my baby,” Hayhoe posted on her Twitter account Dec. 30.
ATI requested all emails to or from any Texas Tech email account used by Hayhoe (including as “cc”,) and either or both Gingrich and his co-author Terry Maple.
ATI also requested all emails sent or received by Hayhoe citing or referring to one or more of the following: Newt Gingrich (or “Newt” or “Gingrich”), Terry Maple (or “Terry”, or “Maple”), American Solutions (including in the email address/domain), and/or “Environmental Entrepreneurs”.
With time of the essence and the law very clear, ATI questions any further delays by Texas Tech in coming into compliance with its obligations, and calls on the university to promptly produce these records the public paid for and have a right to see.
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American Tradition Institute
Tom Tanton, Acting Executive Director
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I object to your claim about Saddam Hussein not having WMDs.
– he regularly claimed he did, the error was in believing he had much (there were post-ouster indications he was bluffing because his proven program to have nuclear weapons did not get far due to technical problems and/or he shifted priorities).
– chemical weapons were discovered after his ouster, they may have been from the war with Iran
– do you know what happened to the contents of the factories/warehouses found empty after his ouster? (The US military failed to secure the country effectively – such as the museums and such that were pilfered.)
Maybe Texas Tech was closed for winter break during late December and early January and that is why you got no response. Its not appropriate for you to claim that have missed some deadline that you possibly made up. They have ten business days to send to you some response and an appropriate amount of time to send to you ay documents they find. Appropriate amount of time could be one day or 50 days or more depending on difficulty of your request.
If they are closed for winter break, they might not have used any business days yet and could be falesly accused by this author of not meeting a deadline.