Dunwoody Withholds Bonser's Response

Councilwoman Adrian Bonser on Friday filed a response to an ethics complaint against her in the required time frame.

Officials with the city of Dunwoody, however, said they will not release the response, citing an exception to the state's Open Records Act.

Specifically, the section of the state's Open Records Act that the city cites says that "records consisting of the material obtained in investigations against public officers" is exempt from inspection by the public for a period of time.

City officials said that the records would be available 10 days after the "conclusion" or "termination" of the city ethics investigation, which is now in front of the city's ethics board.

The move seems to be a change of course. City officials recently released a response by the acting city attorney to Bonser's ethics complaint when the media requested it. 

Bonser's hearing was delayed this week, as the city's ethics board sets up procedures to handle the complaint that she leaked confidential information from a city executive session. 

Bonser has filed a counter claim against city council members, City Manager Warren Hutmacher and former City Attorney Brian Anderson.