Court Opinion

ID: 9590663
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:57:27.034658+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:58.910187
License: Public Domain

Clarke, Presiding Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion because of the statutory provision mandating a narrow interpretation of the section allowing exclusion from the disclosure provision. OCGA § 50-18-72 (f).
I take this position in spite of my concern that the disclosure of search committee activities, including the names of applicants, may result in diminishing the quality of the applicant pool. I point out, however, that this case involves no constitutional issues but only an interpretation of statutory enactments of the legislature. The public policy issue of what information or actions involved in a search for an official may be withheld from disclosure rests with the legislative branch. I believe the legislative branch has the power to exclude from disclosure names of persons considered. But in view of the requirement of narrow interpretation, I do not believe it has done so as yet.