JustFOIA in Superior: Your Right to Know, Their Right to Watch (and Maybe Punish You)

So, the City of Superior just got into bed with JustFOIA, a shiny tech platform that sounds like it was invented by a failed Shark Tank contestant with a fetish for bureaucracy. But don’t be fooled by the tech-speak and the “we value your privacy” lip service—because what this really is, Superior, is a digital snitch cleverly disguised as a transparency tool.

And in the hands of Mayor Jim, a guy who already treats dissent like it’s a felony?
It’s not just creepy—it’s dangerous.

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Public Records… and a Private List of Enemies?

Let’s not sugarcoat this. Mayor Jim is already notorious for going full Nixon on critics. Whisper the wrong thing at a town hall, and suddenly your grant proposal is “lost in the mail” or your street doesn’t get plowed until spring thaw, liquor license delays, and games.

Now give that same guy access to a platform that logs who’s requesting public records, when, and about what?

What could possibly go wrong?

Oh wait—everything.

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JustFOIA Collects Your Info. Jim Might Collect Revenge.

According to JustFOIA’s own privacy policy, they automatically collect your IP address, browser info, and activity history when you use the site. So when you decide to file a public records request—maybe something spicy, like “All emails about that weird downtown development deal”—JustFOIA logs that request.

And while they claim they don’t sell your info, they do admit it gets shared with “partners,” “contractors,” and if they get acquired? Your data’s going with them like luggage in a divorce.

Here’s the kicker: they don’t say they won’t hand it to the city government. Which means if Mayor Jim wants to know who’s been snooping into city hall’s dirty laundry, that list might just be a dashboard login away.

Imagine FOIA’ing police complaints, and then your parking tickets start multiplying like rabbits on ecstasy. Or you ask about Fire Department spending and three hours later you get a fire inspection.

It’s not paranoia. It’s Jim Paines Superior.

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Cookies, Trackers, and One Big Middle Finger to Anonymity

JustFOIA’s site is slathered in cookies and trackers that follow you around like an unpaid intern on Adderall. Don’t accept them? The site might not work right. Accept them? Congrats—you just gave them everything but your Netflix password.

Throw in Google Analytics—yes, the same tech that helps Target know you’re pregnant before you do—and what do you get? A log of every click, every interest, every curious citizen who dares to pull the curtain back on City Hall.

That data isn’t just being harvested. It’s being weaponized, especially if someone up top (cough Jim “Petty” Paine) decides you’re “problematic.”

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They Say It’s Secure—Until It’s Not

Oh, and in case you thought “Well at least they encrypt stuff…”—here’s the actual quote from JustFOIA’s policy:

“No data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.”

Translation: If they get hacked, if they screw up, or if Jim decides to browse the system like it’s Netflix for Nosy People—well, tough luck.

Your privacy is toast. And not the good kind with avocado. The burned kind you scrape into the sink and curse about.

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Mayor Jim + JustFOIA = A Digital Blacklist Factory

This isn’t just about protecting your browsing data. It’s about protecting your right to question authority without ending up on some mayoral hit list.

Mayor Jim has already shown he can’t take criticism without turning into a one-man petty vengeance machine. And now you’re giving that same guy access to a tool that can track his critics under the guise of “open government”?

That’s not transparency. That’s authoritarian cosplay with broadband.

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Final Thought: This Isn’t Government Accountability — It’s Corporate Surveillance in a City Hall Hat

You, the taxpayer, just got hustled into using a system that logs your actions, tracks your requests, and might hand that info to the very people you’re trying to hold accountable.

That’s not democracy.

So next time you try to request records on city spending, corruption, or why the hell Superior’s public toilets cost more than a used Camaro—just remember: Mayor Jim might be watching.

And if your trash doesn’t get picked up next week?
Check the FOIA log. You might’ve made the naughty list.

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Don’t just ask what your government’s hiding. Ask who’s watching you ask.

And then raise hell. Because the only thing worse than a government that lies is a citizen too scared to ask why.