A property owner in Dewey Beach is trying to find out what town officials are saying behind closed doors. Michael Durkos sent a Freedom of Information Act request to Dewey Beach Town Council, Town Manager Diana Smith and Town Attorney Glenn Mandalas July 7.
Durkos requested that the town produce all information and correspondence relating to Smith's May 2 denial of an appeal to the town's board of adjustment. Durkos and his wife, Ann Durkos, were two of 15 property owners who signed the March 25 appeal.
The appeal questioned the legality of an agreement between the town and developer Dewey Beach Enterprises to redevelopment the Ruddertowne site. The appeal requested a hearing before the Dewey Beach Board of Adjustment to possibly overturn the agreement. Smith denied the appeal May 2, and she did not forward the appeal to the board.
Durkos said Smith and council have failed to explain why the appeal was denied for several months. "The public, and particularly, the voters of Dewey Beach, deserve answers, and I am invoking the Freedom of Information Act to unveil the secrecy," Durkos wrote.
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