You say...
" As a sharp-eyed reader quickly noted, McPhee actually made a request under the Mass. Public Records Law, the state corollary to the federal Freedom of Information Act. "
I say....
That sharp eyed reader that corrected you is Michelle. I also say...you give McPhee a pass on all of her errors etc. You have not once ever criticized Michelle. You are afraid of Michelle because she is a bully.
This is a person whose stories, by in large, do not hold up.