CNBNews Files Lawsuit Against Gloucester City\’s Custodian of Records for Denying OPRA Requests

By CNBNewsnet Staff

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ—William E. Cleary Sr., the owner and editor of ClearysNoteBook News (CNBNewsnet), filed a lawsuit on Monday (August 31, 2015) in Camden County Superior Court against Gloucester City Municipal Clerk Kathleen M. Jentsch who is the Records Custodian of the City of Gloucester for allegedly violating the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). 

Cleary filed three OPRA requests with Jentsch on July 12, 2015. 

Specifically Cleary sought information between the City of Gloucester and the NHP Foundation regarding the financing of City-owned property at Chatham Square, (Route 130 and Klemm Avenue). He also requested a copy of City Solicitor Wood’s report to the Gloucester City Council regarding the same issue.