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In a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications for government moves to privatize public functions, a Cook County judge Thursday declared that documents of the nonprofit agency that operates Navy Pier are subject to state open record laws.
The decision by Cook County Judge Thomas Allen comes nearly four years after the nonprofit, Navy Pier Inc., first denied a request by the Better Government Association for Navy Pier’s payroll, leasing, internal policies and other records.
NPI was created in 2011 by the publically-run Metropolitan Pier Exposition Authority to take over day-to-day operations of Navy Pier, though MPEA still owns the popular tourist attraction on Lake Michigan. MPEA also owns, and continues to directly operate, the McCormick Place convention complex.
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