alt Hacker News> Our voters don't want to pay higher taxes, so that's the state of things.
So the alternative is to act against the law and not answer FOIA requests? You should demand high enough taxes to fulfill your obligations. If voters are unhappy about their height, they should elect people who make different laws the next time.
Often, as with the Eugene police in the source article, the voters who pass a requirement are not the same as the voters who have to approve funding to comply with it.