Opinion No. Oag 6-09, ___ Op. Att'y Gen. ___ (2009)

Raymond P. Taffora Deputy Attorney General

Ms. Gail A. Peckler-Dziki 29920 102nd Street Trevor, WI 53179

Dear Ms. Peckler-Dziki:

I am responding to your letter of September 28, 2009 in which you ask whether a town chair may discuss town business in a private website and refuse to allow certain requesters to participate in the discussion.

In your letter you state that Salem Town Chair Linda Valentine maintains a Google group website called "Making Salem Better," to which only certain individuals are provided access. There may be as many as 140 members. Annette Newcomb, editor of the…