Opinion No.

Mr. Charles L. Schlumberger Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull Burrow 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock, AR 72201

Dear Mr. Schlumberger:

I am writing in response to your request, made pursuant to A.C.A. § 25-19-105(c)(3)(B), for my opinion on whether the decision of the City of Blytheville declining to disclose certain records in response to a request from your client, theBlytheville Courier News, is consistent with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), A.C.A. §§ 25-19-101—109 (Repl. 2002 and Supp. 2005). You have recited as background the following information:

As detailed in an…