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Open Records Lawsuit and Follow-on Lawsuit

Second lawsuit to be made, May 29, 2007
Open Records Legal Team Update, June 22, 2006

News Items:

1/12/2008
FAA Nonresponsive to Public and Congress.
Plan to Reroute Jets May Mean More Noise.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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4/08/07
Sampling of government records obtained from DeKalb County and the FAA regarding the Weight Limit on Aircraft at PDK
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4/09/07
PDK Watch meeting materials for the April 2007 meeting
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Writing the Final Chapter of the PDK Records Saga- State Representative Mike Jacobs, 02/07
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Final Court Order issued in Open Records Lawsuit, Superior Court of DeKalb County, 12/23/06
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Little headway made in meeting on airport, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 4/5/06
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Homeland Security a Concern at PDK, WSB Channel 2 Action News story, 2/3/06
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Affidavits: DeKalb hid truth
Dekalb says data does not exist. Plaintiff says "the data can be obtained in 5 keystrokes....", Atlanta Journal Constitution, 1/24/2006
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Validity of PDK Environmental Assessment Challenged, PDK Watch.org, 1/16/2006
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EPA Considering Changing Rule Requiring Dislcosure of Pollution, Georgia Public Interest Research Group, 12/21/2005
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Open Dekalb Board Member Feltus to receive Open Government Hero award, Georgia First Amendment Foundation, 12/16/2005
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Open Records Lawsuit Update #2 , 9/26/2005
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Open Records Lawsuit Update, 9/6/2005
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Legal Team Attorney Brandon Hornsby Recognized as one of "10 Young Lawyers On the Rise", Daily Report Online, 8/23/2005
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FAA may restrict data to DeKalb, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 8/17/2005
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DeKalb Commission will not appeal court ruling, Atlanta Journal Constitution and GoDeKalb.com, 8/16/2005
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Airport must release aviation logs requested by residents, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 8/15/2005
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State Representative Mike Jacobs: "DeKalb County homeowners scored a major victory."
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Open Government on the March in Georgia, The New Criminologist, by Ron Marshall. "Average middle-class Dekalb citizens decided that they would not allow secrecy at the Peachtree Dekalb airport disrupt their lives and ruin their property values..."
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Citizens win Open Records lawsuit
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State Senator David Adelman comments on legal judgement against DeKalb County
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Judge says DeKalb County violated Open Records Act, The Associated Press, AccessNorthGa.com
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DeKalb Records on Airport Are Open For Public Inspection Judge Rules, GoDeKalb.com, by Aileen Harris
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Lawsuit: Feltus vs. PDK
Follow the case details of Feltus v. PDK

Attorney General Thurbert Baker writes opinion on Feltus vs. PDK lawsuit - A contract between the FAA and DeKalb County cannot supercede state law. PDK Watch.org.

Role of FAA debated in PDK open records hearing
DeKalb residents heard the facts in the DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK) open records case debated in a court hearing. June 9, 2005, The Story, by Mary Swint
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State Senator David Adelman (see last paragraph of this article). "DeKalb County now has no defense left and should stop spending taxpayer money on their stubborn defense and refusal to turn over the information."

Georgia State Representative Mike Jacobs
- "... we'll work hard for legislative action to force the DeKalb County Government to release the PDK records and stop spending our tax dollars on this litigation."

More Records to Open
- The Story, 3/10/2005 (see 3rd section of this article)

Critics of growing air traffic at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport hope the county finally will be forced to take them seriously
- Georgia First Amendment Foundation. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Corey Dade.

Peachtree DeKalb Airport Lawsuit Spurs Rep. Mike Jacobs to Seek Clarification on Open Records Act - GoDeKalb.com

Quick! Hide that Jet!- Creative Loafing Article    Download as pdf
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Keeps Public Info In Its Secret Hangar
By Joel Groover, Creative Loafing - July 1, 2004

Lawsuit to Secure Public Access to PDK Airport Records (pdf)
From the Fulton County Daily Report, May 14, 2004. Reproduced by permission
 
     
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