Yacobellis v. City of Bellingham

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• questionnaires prepared by city’s parks department to survey other governmental agencies’ management of municipal golf courses were public records even though they were not the formal product the department intended to release to the public
• daily appointment calendars are not public records when created solely for individual's convenience or to refresh writer's memory, are maintained in a way indicating a private purpose, and are not circulated or intended for distribution within agency channels

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