sent June 21, 2017 at 10:15 AM in reply to Ms. Mowatt

Ms. Mowatt,

Odd. Thanks.
FYI – Please see the website for that business here. https://literacyaction.org (see “contact” for Decatur address)
Also, I respectfully repeat that in response Glinton R. Darien, Assistant Legal Officer at DeKalb BOE specifically told the Georgia Immigration Enforcement Review Board that Literacy Action Inc. has conducted/administered adult education classes for the BOE – see the 3rd page here, under paragraph marked “Fourth”.

Thank you again for the insight.

D.A. King

On Jun 21, 2017, at 10:01 AM, Roslyn Mowatt wrote:

Mr. King,

Actually, I made the typo in my letter. My apologies. The City’s search used the correct name, Literacy Action Inc., and there are no records for that name and as stated in my letter, there is no business registered at the address 515 E. Ponce de Leon.
If you wish to make a different Open Records request, please submit to the City’s Open Records Officer as you did previously. This office is not authorized to accept Open Records requests on behalf of the City.

Thank you,

Roslyn S. Mowatt
Attorney at Law, Of Counsel
Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC
Two Decatur TownCenter
125 Clairemont Ave., Suite 420
Decatur, Georgia 30030
(404) 377-3638 phone
(404) 941-3456 fax
Rmowatt@wmdlegal.com

The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient(s) nor a person responsible for the delivery of this transmission to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified than any unauthorized distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy all copies of the transmission immediately and notify us immediately at 404.377.3638.

From: D.A. King [mailto:dking1952@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 9:42 AM
To: Roslyn Mowatt
Subject: Re: Open Records request to Decatur

Please forgive my typo. Correct name is Literacy Action Inc. ( not Literary) – their website gives Decatur address as 515 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA . 30030
Please send me copies of requested documents using corrected name.
Thank you
D.A. King

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On Jun 21, 2017, at 9:05 AM, Roslyn Mowatt wrote:

Mr. King,
Please see the attached.

Roslyn S. Mowatt
Attorney at Law, Of Counsel
Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC
Two Decatur TownCenter
125 Clairemont Ave., Suite 420
Decatur, Georgia 30030
(404) 377-3638 phone
(404) 941-3456 fax
Rmowatt@wmdlegal.com

The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither the intended recipient(s) nor a person responsible for the delivery of this transmission to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified than any unauthorized distribution or copying of this transmission is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy all copies of the transmission immediately and notify us immediately at 404.377.3638.

From: DOFBusinessOffice
Subject: RE: Open records request – Re; Literacy Action Inc.
Date: June 16, 2017 at 4:20:54 PM EDT
To: “‘DKing1952@comcast.net'”
Cc: “Clerk, Municipal” , DOFBusinessOffice , Records

Greetings,

Your Open Records Request to the City of Atlanta, Department of Finance was received on Monday, June 12, 2017. This correspondence will provide the City’s response to your request pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, et seq. Specifically, you requested the following:

Copies of the original application for a business license/ occupational tax certificate for Literacy Action Inc., 100 Edgewood Ave NE #600, Atlanta, GA 30303
Application and E-Verify and SAVE affidavits required by OCGA 36-60-6 and OCGA 50-36-1, respectively, for renewal of the business license occupational tax certificate/ for Literary Action Inc. for the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Please be advised that the Department of Finance does not have documents in its custody or control that are responsive to your request; and, therefore, there are no documents to make available to you.

Thanks,
DOF Business Office Team

Department of Finance | Business Office
City of Atlanta | City Hall Tower | Office of the Chief Financial Officer
68 Mitchell Street SW, Suite 11100 | Atlanta, GA 30303
t: 404.330.6430 | f: 404.658.6667
e: dofbusinessoffice@atlantaga.gov | w: www.atlantaga.gov

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Attachment to complaint of June 16, 2017 against Bulloch County Schools

D.A. King

Violation of OCGA 50-36-1: Verification of eligibility for Public Benefits
Adult Education – SAVE affidavit and Secure and Verifiable ID.

Bulloch County Schools is or has been administering adult education classes without collecting the required SAVE affidavit or Secure and Verifiable ID to verify eligibility of the recipient/applicant of this public benefit. Please see attached response to my recent open records request.

Please note internal description of “adult classes” and email traffic with staff at Georgia Southern University in which it is made clear that adult education is offered “regardless of level or visa status.” More on that coming soon.

To ‘pre-rebut’ the sure to come argument that there is “no application” needed to access the taxpayer-funded classes on public property, I note the requirement of the sign-in sheet illustrated in various places in the response attachments and the “register online or by phone “ requirement.

OCGA 50-36-1

(f) (1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this Code section, an agency or political subdivision providing or administering a public benefit shall require every applicant for such benefit to:

(A) Provide at least one secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, or a copy or facsimile of such document. Any document required by this subparagraph may be submitted by or on behalf of the applicant at any time within nine months prior to the date of application so long as the document remains valid through the licensing or approval period or such other period for which the applicant is applying to receive a public benefit; and

(B) Execute a signed and sworn affidavit verifying the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law; provided, however, that if the applicant is younger than 18 years of age at the time of the application, he or she shall execute the affidavit required by this subparagraph within 30 days after his or her eighteenth birthday. Such affidavit shall affirm that:

(i) The applicant is a United States citizen or legal permanent resident 18 years of age or older; or

(ii) The applicant is a qualified alien or nonimmigrant under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, Title 8 U.S.C., 18 years of age or older lawfully present in the United States and provide the applicant’s alien number issued by the Department of Homeland Security or other federal immigration agency.

(2) The state auditor shall create affidavits for use under this subsection and shall keep a current version of such affidavits on the Department of Audits and Accounts’ official website.

D.A. King

Note: relevant post HERE.

Audrey Qualls |Legal Records Specialist

Office of Legal Affairs | DeKalb County School District

1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd | Stone Mountain, GA 30083-1027
Tel: 678.676.0203 | Fax: 678.676.0234
audrey_k_qualls@dekalbschoolsga.org

Ms. Qualls,

Please send me copies of any and all applications and/or bids for contracting with DeKalb Board of Education from Literacy Action Inc.

Please include any contracts, copies of agreements and any and all records showing all payments from DeKalb BOE to Literacy Action, including for the service provided in conducting education classes for the adult parents of Cross Keys High School students as described in a DeKalb response to a complaint pending in the Immigration Enforcement Review Board. Please use inclusive dates of January 1, 2012 through June 15, 2017. Please include copies of all documents that illustrate any bidding process for this service, including bids and emails from other providers or potential contractors.

Thank you,

D.A.King
Marietta

Attachment to complaint of June 16, 2017 against DeKalb County Board of Education.

In response to a previous complaint from me filed with this enforcement board, DeKalb County Board of Education denies violation of other state law (OCGA 50-36-1) when DeKalb BOE provided education to adults without the required eligibility, using the argument that the BOE did not actually “administer” education services for adults because a private enterprise, Literacy Action Inc., had operated the program. Since the English classes provided to the parents of K-12 students were done on school board property and in the name of Cross Keys High School, it is logical to assume that Literacy Action Inc. served as a contractor for the BOE.

Using Georgia’s open records law, I have requested the contractor E-Verify affidavit that should have been offered and collected before accepting bids – if in fact there were bids – on this transaction and before hiring Literacy Action Inc. to conduct education classes for adults at Georgia tax-payers expense.

According to state law, OCGA 13-10-91
(b) (1) A public employer shall not enter into a contract for the physical performance of services unless the contractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program. Before a bid for any such service is considered by a public employer, the bid shall include a signed, notarized affidavit from the contractor attesting to the following:

(A) The affiant has registered with, is authorized to use, and uses the federal work authorization program;

(B) The user identification number and date of authorization for the affiant;

(C) The affiant will continue to use the federal work authorization program throughout the contract period; and

(D) The affiant will contract for the physical performance of services in satisfaction of such contract only with subcontractors who present an affidavit to the contractor with the same information required by subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph.

DeKalb BOE has responded to my request with the reply that the E-Verify affidavit does not exist. Please see attached response. The BOE hired a contractor illegally.

DeKalb BOE is in violation of yet another state law designed to protect Georgians.
I ask for sanctions that will possibly create some respect for the rule of law.

D.A. King

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Response from the City of Atlanta   – Complaint HERE

Response from DeKalb (Cross Keys HS)   – Complaint HERE

Exhibits to Letter to Chairman Vinson DeKalb:Cross Keys

Response from Glynn County BOE     – Complaint HERE

Response to Complaint against Marietta City Schools     – Complaint HERE

Response to Complaint against Cobb County Schools   – Complaint HERE

Response from Hall County BOE   – Compliant HERE

Response from Bibb County BOE   – Complaint HERE

Response from Whitfield County BOE   – Complaint HERE

Response from Gwinnett County BOE   – Complaint HERE

2nd attachment from THIS posted letter below

DCL re immigrant status 05-06-11 pddf

From: Jim Weidhaas
Subject: RE: OPEN RECORDS REQUEST – The Islander – March 27, 2017
Date: March 29, 2017 at 2:46:52 PM EDT
To: “D.A. KING”

Mr. King –

I believe that the attached two documents are the ones referenced in The Islander. However, I would like to clarify that my office did not receive either of these documents.

***********************
Jim Weidhaas, APR
Public Relations Director
Glynn County Schools
P.O. Box 1677
Brunswick, GA 31521
(912) 280-1070
jweidhaas@glynn.k12.ga.us

From: D.A. KING [mailto:DKing1952@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 5:47 PM
To: Jim Weidhaas
Subject: OPEN RECORDS REQUEST – The Islander – March 27, 2017

To:

Jim Weidhaas, APR
Public Relations Director
Glynn County Schools
P.O. Box 1677
Brunswick, GA 31521
(912) 280-1070
jweidhaas@glynn.k12.ga.us

Mr. Weidhaas,

Please forward to me copies of the letter your office received from the U.S. Dept.of Education concerning my complaint as mentioned in the attached press report (The Islander, March 27, 2017) and a copy of the “further explanation from Cori Alston ESOL/Title lll coordinator.

Thank you,

D.A. King

attached # 1

attached # 2