Quillin e-mails public records, justices declare

County’s second appeal fails

By Kristin Netterstrom (Contact)

LITTLE ROCK — E-mails exchanged between former Pulaski County Comptroller Ron Quillin and his lover, who represented a company that sold the county more than $1.1 million in services, are public records, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The decision came nearly four months after the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette filed a Freedom of Information Act request with Pulaski County to access the e-mails, which Quillin sent and received mainly during work hours.

Although the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that all but a few e-mails are public records, the e-mails were not immediately available.

For more information see today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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