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Kentucky Commerce Cabinet
Capital Plaza Tower, 24th Floor
500 Metro Street
Frankfort Kentucky 40601
November 14, 2005
Mr. Eric James, Chairman
Concerned Members of the Kentucky Historical Society
637 North Third Street
Danville, Kentucky 40422
RE: Open Records Request
Dear Mr. James:
This is in response to your letter, dated November 4, 2005, to the Kentucky Historical Society. Thank you for your waiver
of the time frame for response. You have requested contact information, including address, telephone and e-mail of all presiding
officers, and the most recent Kentucky Historical Society membership list, including the names, address, telephone, and e-mail
of all members.
The Historical Society denies your requests pursuant to KRS 61.878(1)(a), which concerns “public records containing
information of a personal nature and where the public disclosure thereof would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy.” Because the privacy interests of members of the Kentucky Historical Society, such as address,
telephone, and e-mail information, substantially outweigh any negligible public interest in disclosure, such disclosure would
constitute a “clearly unwarranted invasion of person privacy under subsection (1)(a)” of KRS 61.878/ Zink
v. Commonwealth, Ky. App., 902 S.W. 2d 825 (1994): Hines v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Treasury, 41 S.W. 3d 825
(2001); 05-ORD-104; 04-ORD-066; 02-ORD-177; 02-ORD-221; 94-ORD-67; 94-ORD-1; OAG 86-76.
If you have any questins, please feel free to contact my office at (502) 564-2391, ext. 257.
Sincerely,
Commerce Cabinet
Ellen Benzing, General Counsel
(S) Sarah Hall
Sarah O. Hall, Attorney
Office of Legal Affairs
cc. Kent Whgitworth, KHS, Executive Director
Ellen Benzing, General Counsel, Commerce Cabinet
SOH/dbd
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