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Washington County commissioners authorize appeal of open-records ruling for tourism agency
Summary
The county authorized special counsel Peacock Keller to appeal a Pennsylvania Office of Open Records determination that the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency is not subject to the Right-to-Know Act after heated debate about whether the agency had provided requested financial records.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to authorize the county solicitor to retain Peacock Keller as special counsel and file an appeal in Washington County Court of Common Pleas of a Pennsylvania Office of Open Records determination that the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency is not subject to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act.
The motion to retain Peacock Keller passed on a 2-1 roll call after a prolonged exchange between commissioners over whether the county had been given requested financial documents from the tourism agency. Commissioner Maggi voted no; Commissioner Janice and Commissioner Sherman voted yes.
The dispute began when a commissioner…
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