2024 Political Party Committee Candidate Petitions
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to Pennington Borough as part of a batch sent to 12 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Pennington Borough,
Under N.J.S. § 19:13-11, I am requesting complete copies of all petitions filed with your office by candidates for political party "County Committee" seats in the June 4 primary election.
I require these records as soon as possible and I prefer to receive the response to this request via email, in one or more .pdf attachments. Please contact me promptly here or at 732-993-9697 if you have any questions about this request, or if you would like to make alternate arrangements for me to inspect the petitions.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
In response to your OPRA Request submitted on 3/25/24 at 9:37 pm and
received by me on 3/26/24 I have attached copies of all petitions filed
for County Committee for the Borough of Pennington. I have redacted only
the personal unlisted phone numbers as per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 (19)
Personal identifying information (c.) Unlisted telephone numbers.
Betty Sterling, Borough Clerk/Assistant CFO/Utility Collector/Registrar
[1]1678047259110
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From: Charlie Kratovil
<[OPRA #59928 email]>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 9:37 PM
To: [Pennington Borough request email]
Subject: OPRA request - 2024 Political Party Committee Candidate Petitions
Dear Pennington Borough,
Under N.J.S. § 19:13-11, I am requesting complete copies of all petitions
filed with your office by candidates for political party "County
Committee" seats in the June 4 primary election.
I require these records as soon as possible and I prefer to receive the
response to this request via email, in one or more .pdf attachments.
Please contact me promptly here or at 732-993-9697 if you have any
questions about this request, or if you would like to make alternate
arrangements for me to inspect the petitions.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
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Dear Madame Clerk,
I believe the petitions are supposed to be available for inspection, without redaction, per N.J.S. § 19:13-11. Please provide unredacted copies of the records. Thank you kindly.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Madame Clerk,
My apologies for the error. The statute I should have cited is N.J. Stat. § 19:13-9.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
I have referred your response to our Municipal Attorney for guidance and I
will respond to you once I hear from him.
Betty Sterling, Borough Clerk/Assistant CFO/Utility Collector/Registrar
[1]1678047259110
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the disclosure requirement, there should be no expectation that the
content of e-mails exchanged with Borough Officials and/or Employees will
remain private.
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from the Borough of Pennington is privileged and confidential and is
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addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the Borough of Pennington at (609)-737-0276.
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From: Charlie Kratovil
<[OPRA #59928 email]>
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2024 2:06 PM
To: [Pennington Borough request email]
Subject: Re: OPRA request - 2024 Political Party Committee Candidate
Petitions
Dear Madame Clerk,
My apologies for the error. The statute I should have cited is N.J. Stat.
§ 19:13-9.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Mr. Kratovil: You have objected to my response to your OPRA request
seeking "complete copies" of all petitions filed with my office by
candidates for County Committee in the June 4th primary election. You
object because I redacted from the documents I supplied you the unlisted
telephone numbers next to the candidates' names, ground addresses and
email addresses. I believe these to be unlisted numbers because they do
not reflect a Pennington exchange.
I am relying on the Open Public Records Act which provides at NJSA
47:1A-1.1 that a "government record" for purposes of the statute shall not
include, among other things, the "portion of any document which discloses
the social security number, credit card number, unlisted telephone
number or driver license number of any person." and that such information
is deemed confidential for OPRA purposes.
You rely on NJSA 19:13-9 which provides that all candidate petitions "when
filed shall be open under proper regulation for public inspection."
I have conferred with the Borough Attorney who advises that redaction of
the unlisted telephone numbers under the quoted OPRA provision is not
inconsistent with the requirements of NJSA 19:13-9 which provides for
public inspection of the petitions subject to "proper regulation."
Betty Sterling, Borough Clerk/Assistant CFO/Utility Collector/Registrar
[1]1678047259110
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attachments, may constitute "public records" which may be obtained by any
person filing a request under OPRA. While there are several exceptions to
the disclosure requirement, there should be no expectation that the
content of e-mails exchanged with Borough Officials and/or Employees will
remain private.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this communication
from the Borough of Pennington is privileged and confidential and is
intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the Borough of Pennington at (609)-737-0276.
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Dear Ms. Sterling,
How did you determine whether the phone numbers were listed or unlisted? I don't agree with your office's assessment of the law, but I will respectfully ask that you justify your own logic by indicating what method you used to determine these phone numbers are unlisted.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Mr. Kratovil,
I have reached out for some guidance on this to ensure that I provide you
with an accurate response.
I anticipate that I will have a response by Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Thank you.
Betty Sterling, Borough Clerk/Assistant CFO/Utility Collector/Registrar
[1]1678047259110
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OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (OPRA) NOTICE: All communications, including email
received or sent by Borough Officials and/or Employees are subject to the
New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). This e-mail, including all
attachments, may constitute "public records" which may be obtained by any
person filing a request under OPRA. While there are several exceptions to
the disclosure requirement, there should be no expectation that the
content of e-mails exchanged with Borough Officials and/or Employees will
remain private.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this communication
from the Borough of Pennington is privileged and confidential and is
intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the Borough of Pennington at (609)-737-0276.
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From: Charlie Kratovil
<[OPRA #59928 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 10:54 PM
To: [Pennington Borough request email]
Subject: Re: OPRA request - 2024 Political Party Committee Candidate
Petitions
Dear Ms. Sterling,
How did you determine whether the phone numbers were listed or unlisted?
I don't agree with your office's assessment of the law, but I will
respectfully ask that you justify your own logic by indicating what method
you used to determine these phone numbers are unlisted.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Please see my e-mail of 4/12/2024. The determination that the numbers are
unlisted is based on the fact that they do not have a Pennington Exchange
and are obviously cell phone and cell phone numbers are not listed
numbers. I went a step further and searched each number on the white
pages reverse phone lookup and one came up as registered to one of the
County Committee candidates. I have attached a non-redacted copy of the
County Committee Petition filed for Daniel Pace as his number did come up
as listed.
Thank you.
Betty Sterling, Borough Clerk/Assistant CFO/Utility Collector/Registrar
[1]1678047259110
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the disclosure requirement, there should be no expectation that the
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information contained in this communication
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