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FOIA News: BLM sued to prevent disclosure of Burning Man info

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Burning Man Sues Feds to Block Release of Financial Records

By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Serv., Apr. 13, 2020

Burning Man organizers sued the Bureau of Land Management on Sunday to block the agency from turning over “confidential financial information” to a fervent critic who claims the annual festival cheats his rural Nevada county out of vital revenue each year.

The Burning Man Project is challenging the bureau’s March 30 decision to disclose information requested by David Skelton, a board member of Pershing County’s Economic Development Authority and 2020 candidate for county commissioner.

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