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Things Chris Harvey Did to Me:
- On July 16, 2026, at 11:28 AM, Chris Harvey wrote that he would forward the ADA information I had asked for “in the near future.” As of October 17, 2026, 93 days later, he has not sent that ADA information. Read it
- On April 27, 2026, his mailbox opened my ADA demand at 7:54 AM, and twenty minutes later, at 8:14 AM, he forwarded it to the State’s lawyer, as POST’s own records production shows. On April 28 he told me only that he had given it to “our legal counsel.” He did not name the lawyer.
- On August 4 and August 6, 2026, when his own ADA staff wrote to him “I am not sure how to answer this person” and “I am not sure how to respond to this,” he forwarded both to the State’s lawyer, at 3:39 PM and 5:01 PM. Read it
- On April 28, 2026, he wrote, “We will evaluate everything you provided and notify you when our evaluation is complete.” No evaluation has come. On October 16, 2026, POST wrote that complaint presentations “have been postponed until further notice.” Read it
- On April 29, 2026, at 3:41 PM, he wrote, “I am assigning Director Monika Franklin to conduct a review of all the materials you have provided.” As of October 17, 2026, no review result has been sent to me.
- On July 16, 2026, it appears from POST’s own records production that his reply to me went by blind copy to the State’s lawyer, Paul Jay Pontrelli.
- My August 21, 2026 ADA grievance was opened on his mailbox at 2:22 PM. Six days later the decision came from POST’s own lawyer, “as legal counsel to POST,” with Chris Harvey copied: “Thus, your ADA Title II grievance is denied.”
- Between April 29 and October 7, 2026, five of my emails were opened on his mailbox and he answered none of them.
- His last email to me, which arrived on September 11, 2026, at 9:40 AM, said: “This acknowledgment confirms receipt only. It is not a substantive response.” He has not written to me since.
When Chris Harvey Did It:
Every email Chris Harvey sent me, every read receipt from his mailbox, and every forward of my mail shown in POST’s own records production, in order, each linked where a page exists. Times are Eastern. Chronology, not motive. A read receipt shows a message was opened on that mailbox. It can be declined, and many mail programs never send one.
| Date | Role | What it was | Read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | Sent to Chris Harvey | 6:55 PM: my ADA Title II and Section 504 demand, resent to his correct address after the April 23 copy bounced. | Read it: The ADA Promise |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Read receipt | 7:54 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt on my ADA demand. | Read it: The ADA Promise |
| Apr 27, 2026 | He forwarded | 8:14 AM: forwarded my ADA demand to Assistant Attorney General Paul Jay Pontrelli, with no words of his own. Source: POST’s own records production. | Read it: Paul Jay Pontrelli |
| Apr 28, 2026 | He sent | 1:40 PM: “Regarding the ADA issues you have raised, I have provided your correspondence to our legal counsel for review.” | Read it: The ADA Promise |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Read receipt | 2:42 PM: his mailbox returned a read receipt on my 1:14 PM email. | No page yet |
| Apr 29, 2026 | He sent | 3:41 PM: “I am assigning Director Monika Franklin to conduct a review of all the materials you have provided.” | Read it: Monika Franklin |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Read receipt | 9:29 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt on my April 29, 5:14 PM email to Monika Franklin, on which he was copied. | No page yet |
| May 6, 2026 | Sent to Chris Harvey | 9:25 PM: my request on preservation and a contact for POST’s counsel. Monika Franklin answered on May 7. No answer from him. | No page yet |
| July 15, 2026 | Read receipt | 9:15 AM I asked for a written decision and for POST’s ADA contact, grievance procedure and timeline. 10:09 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt. | Read it: The ADA Promise |
| July 16, 2026 | He sent | 11:28 AM: “The POST procedure for handling citizen complaints has been revised, and is still being finalized, since your complaint was submitted.” And: “I will forward the information you requested about the ADA in the near future.” POST’s production shows a blind copy line to Paul Jay Pontrelli. | Read it: The ADA Promise |
| Aug 4, 2026 | He received | 3:30 PM: Meghan Fail forwarded my request to him and wrote: “I am not sure how to answer this person.” | Read it: “I am not sure how to respond to this.” |
| Aug 4, 2026 | He forwarded | 3:39 PM: forwarded it to Paul Jay Pontrelli, copying Meghan Fail. Source: POST’s own records production. | Read it: Paul Jay Pontrelli |
| Aug 6, 2026 | He received | 4:14 PM: Meghan Fail forwarded the State ADA Coordinator’s Office inquiry to him and wrote: “See below. I am not sure how to respond to this.” | Read it: The ADA Coordinator Forwards It Upstairs |
| Aug 6, 2026 | He forwarded | 5:01 PM: forwarded it to Paul Jay Pontrelli and Meghan Fail. Source: POST’s own records production. | Read it: POST Got the State’s ADA Email |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Read receipt | 2:22 PM: his mailbox returned a read receipt twenty three minutes after my Title II grievance was sent, with him copied. | Read it: Six Days After the Grievance |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Copied | 12:39 PM: the decision on my grievance, signed by Paul Jay Pontrelli “as legal counsel to POST,” with “cc: Executive Director Chris Harvey.” | Read it: Six Days After the Grievance |
| Sept 4, 2026 | Letterhead | POST’s supplemental open records response was issued on letterhead bearing his name as Executive Director. It was sent by Robert Harvey and signed in type by Jill Dalon. It is not counted as his email. | Read it: Robert Harvey |
| Sept 9, 2026 | Sent to Chris Harvey | 8:24 PM: my notice to preserve evidence, addressed to him as head of the agency. | Read it: Did Nothing, Still Does Nothing |
| Sept 10, 2026 | Read receipt | 9:33 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt on my 8:28 AM email to the records custodian, on which he was copied. | Read it: Jill Dalon |
| Sept 11, 2026 | Read receipt | 9:39 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt on my September 9 preservation notice. | Read it: Did Nothing, Still Does Nothing |
| Sept 11, 2026 | He sent | Arrived 9:40 AM: “POST’s counsel will respond to the notice in writing. This acknowledgment confirms receipt only. It is not a substantive response.” | Read it: Did Nothing, Still Does Nothing |
| Sept 11, 2026 | Read receipt | 9:40 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt on my September 10, 3:00 PM request to withdraw and reissue the August 27 decision, on which he was copied. | Read it: Withdraw the Determination |
| Sept 22, 2026 | Copied | Paul Jay Pontrelli’s letter, “cc: Executive Director Chris Harvey”: “This letter confirms that a litigation hold is in place.” And: “POST disputes your claims, and its August 27, 2026 determination stands.” The September 11 promise that counsel would respond in writing was kept. | Read it: Paul Jay Pontrelli |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Read receipt | 6:47 AM I asked POST to postpone its October 27 subcommittee vote and to state the standard for it, with him copied. 9:18 AM: his mailbox returned a read receipt. | Read it: I Asked for the Standard |
| Oct 16, 2026 | His office | 10:27 AM: his Deputy Director of Investigations wrote that complaint presentations “have been postponed until further notice.” The standard I asked for was not stated. | Read it: Did Nothing, Still Does Nothing |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Copied | 9:28 AM: copied on the State’s lawyer’s entire reply to my demand to withdraw the August 27 decision: “Received”. | Read it: Elizabeth M. Crowder |
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