Attorney General Thurbert Baker
writes opinion on Feltus vs. PDK lawsuit
In response to a request from
Georgia State Senator David Adelman (submitted in support of
Mickey Feltus' Open Records case against PDK and DeKalb County),
Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker issued a legal opinion.
General Baker opined that a contract between a county and
a federal agency, purporting to block the release of county records, does
not override the clear disclosure mandates of the Georgia Open
Records Act.
The Feltus legal team has submitted General Baker's
opinion to the Judge for his consideration in deciding whether
PDK and DeKalb County may hide records about operations at PDK.
DeKalb County purports to make the license plate numbers
of virtually all aircraft using PDK confidential, in reliance
on an agreement they have with the FAA. Essentially, Attorney General Baker's
opinion states that a contract between the FAA and DeKalb County cannot supercede
State law.
Read the entire opinion
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