Communication Regarding 4/3 Town Press Conference

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Dear Middletown School District,

Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.), I am requesting a copy of a message sent to Board Member Deb Wright by either Board President Frank Capone or Vice President Jacqueline Tobacco, which she publicly described during the April 8, 2025 Special Voting Meeting as "summoned in cryptic message to go to city hall on Thursday morning."

To clarify the scope of this request:

I am only requesting the original message(s) sent by either Frank Capone or Jacqueline Tobacco to Deb Wright.
The message would have been sent on April 2 or April 3, 2025, and pertains to a press conference that took place the morning of April 3 involving the Mayor’s Office and the Board of Education.

To the extent this record exists in electronic form (e.g., text message, email, Teams message), I request it be provided in its original or native format, such as a PDF, screenshot, or email export.

If any part of this request is denied or redacted, please provide the specific legal basis under OPRA for doing so. If the record does not exist, I request confirmation in writing.

I respectfully request that this request be fulfilled within the timeframe required by law under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i).

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Yours faithfully,

Beckett Elford

Amy P Doherty, Middletown School District

Beckett;
In response to your OPRA request dated April 8, 2025, we do not have any
responsive documents to this request.
Amy Doherty
On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM Beckett Elford
<[1][OPRA #74537 email]> wrote:

Dear Middletown School District,

Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et
seq.), I am requesting a copy of a message sent to Board Member Deb
Wright by either Board President Frank Capone or Vice President
Jacqueline Tobacco, which she publicly described during the April 8,
2025 Special Voting Meeting as "summoned in cryptic message to go to
city hall on Thursday morning."

To clarify the scope of this request:

I am only requesting the original message(s) sent by either Frank Capone
or Jacqueline Tobacco to Deb Wright.
The message would have been sent on April 2 or April 3, 2025, and
pertains to a press conference that took place the morning of April 3
involving the Mayor’s Office and the Board of Education.

To the extent this record exists in electronic form (e.g., text message,
email, Teams message), I request it be provided in its original or
native format, such as a PDF, screenshot, or email export.

If any part of this request is denied or redacted, please provide the
specific legal basis under OPRA for doing so. If the record does not
exist, I request confirmation in writing.

I respectfully request that this request be fulfilled within the
timeframe required by law under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i).

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by
E-mail as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request. 
If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to
that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Yours faithfully,

Beckett Elford

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