Christine Carey v. Hull, Town of - Town Counsel (SPR 20220183)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records January 28, 2022 SPR22/0183 James B. Lampke, Esq. Town Counsel Town of Hull 115 North Street, Suite 3 Hingham, MA 02043 Dear Attorney Lampke: I have received the petition of Christine Carey appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Hull (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 7, 2022, Ms. Carey requested “….any and all documents related to the arrest mentioned in the state police report below. Responsive documents should include communications with the public relations firm that wrote the HPD press release from Monday morning Friday January 7th, 2022 [and] … include the arrest record and time of arrest.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Ms. Carey petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0183, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town provided Ms. Carey with a response dated January 27, 2022. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Carey may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Christine Carey One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us