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1996 Delaware Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1996)

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M. JANE BRADY               STATE OF DELAWARE
ATFORNEY GENERAL            DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY             KENT COUNTY                   SUSSEX COUNTY
Carvel State Building        Sykes Building               114 E. Market Street
820 N. French Street         45 The Green                 Georgetown, DE 19947
Wilmington, DE 19801         Dover, DE 19901                (302) 856-5352
Criminal Division (302) 577-2055  (302) 739-4211              Fax: (302) 856-5369
Civil Division (302) 577-2500  Fax: (302) 739-6727
Fax: (302) 577-6630
PLEASE REPLYTO:  Civil Division - New Castle County
January 2, 1996
Dewey Beach Town Council
C/o Robert Frederick, Mayor
105 Rodney Avenue
Dewey Beach, DE 19971
Re: Freedom of Information Act Complaint
29 Del. C. § 10005(e)
Dear Mayor Frederick:
Please consider this the Attorney General's decision in
reference to the Freedom of Information Complaint (the Complaint)
filed with this office on October 11, 1995 by Mr. C. Edward Beste.
The Complaint alleged that Mayor Bob Frederick refused to
swer a question asked by a tourist from Maryland (Ms. Payne) on
the grounds that the Sunshine Law or Freedom of Information Act in
Delaware applies only to Delaware Residents. (Complaint, p. 1).
These remarks were made at the Dewey Beach Town Council's meeting
on September 8, 1995.
As part of our investigations conducted pursuant to 29 Del. C.
10005(e), we solicited from the Dewey Beach Town Council (the