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 An
article by Joe Ryan about the Union County Watchdog Association
president, Tina Renna, and the county rule that violates the Open Public
Records Act did not reflect the facts.
County
spokesman Sebastian D'Elia is not the person to call to verify
information about county problems. The Star-Ledger has to back up what
D'Elia claims with pertinent records.
Ryan took
D'Elia's word in pre. Oaring this article. This is unfortunate since
D'Elia is the public relations person the county uses for all kinds of
political promotions. Do reporters skirt getting open public records
concerning facts in their stories because the Union County information
office makes it difficult and expensive to obtain them?
The county
is actually saving time and money because of the UCWA. Instead of many
citizens requesting the documents from the county, they can become
informed, free of charge, harassment and aggravation, by clicking on the
UCWA Web site, unioncountywatchdog.org.
Anyone
wanting to know who is wasting county money should check the salaries of
D'Elia and his large staff on the UCWA Web site.
Tina
Renna, by requesting information from the county information office,
makes the staff work for the Union County citizens, not for county
political campaigns, preparing fliers, press releases, mailings, etc.
During the last election year, my family received 32 pounds of campaign
mail.
In the
past I requested records concerning the county contract with the M &
E freight line running through eight Union County towns. D'Elia called
me at work asking me a number of questions, including why I wanted these
records.
Thank you,
Tina Renna and the UCWA for challenging these OPRA policies as applied
here in Union County.
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