Hainesport Mayor Michael Fitzpatrick |
According to court documents, Paff argued that "the information is useful to root out waste and corruption by revealing government employees that are improperly receiving health insurance."I checked back through the filings and could not find that quote in any of the court papers filed by my attorney, Walter M. Luers of Clinton. The only place that I could find it was on page 3 of Judge Ronald E. Bookbinder's tentative decision (online here) (Bookbinder's September 23, 2014 Order is on-line here) that he issued shortly before a July 16, 2014 court hearing. Bookbinder wrote:
Paff summarizes the rationale applied in Michelson and Brewer. Paff argues that the information is useful to root out waste and corruption by revealing government employees that are improperly receiving health insurance.Judge Bookbinder's decision correctly states why I want to publicly identify those who are receiving taxpayer-subsidized health insurance. If taxpayers are paying employees' and officials' health insurance premiums, those taxpayers need to be able to make sure that ineligible people aren't being retained on the system.