From Sunshine Review
Sussex County is one of three counties in Delaware. The county seat is Georgetown.
As of 2000, the population was 156,638.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Delaware county websites
[edit] The good
- Gives information on budget
- Meeting agendas and minutes are provided
- Information on building permits and zoning is available
- Information on local taxes is given
[edit] The bad
[edit] Open Meetings violations
In July of 2009 two county officials for Sussex County were charged with violating the Delaware Freedom of Information Act by refusing to release e-mails proving two of the county members had discussed county business outside of a public meeting. Dan Kramer and Dan Gaffney, host of a morning show on WGMD radio, filed requests seeking all email and text messages between former Sussex County Council President Dale Dukes, County Administrator David Baker, Deputy Administrator Hal Godwin and six current or former council members. The Attorney General ruled that charging the amount of $227.12 for the public records was not a violation of the Freedom of Information Act, though could be a violation of the Open Meetings Law. [1]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ Cape Gazette, Sussex council emails: worth $227.12?, June 14, 2009
