FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In the Matter of a Complaint by FINAL DECISION

Eric M. Weiss and The Middletown Press,

Complainant(s)

against Docket #FIC 1996-206

Mayor, City of Middletown,

Respondent(s) December 11, 1996

The above-captioned matter was scheduled for hearing as a contested case on October 7, 1996, at which time neither the complainants nor the respondent appeared on the complaint.

The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:

1. The complaint is hereby dismissed for failure to prosecute the complaint.

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of December 11, 1996.

__________________________

Elizabeth A. Leifert

Acting Clerk of the Commission

PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.

THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:

Eric M. Weiss and The Middletown Press

2 Main Street

Middletown, CT 06457

Mayor, City of Middletown

245 DeKoven Drive

PO Box 1300

Middletown, CT 06457

__________________________

Elizabeth A. Leifert

Acting Clerk of the Commission

FIC 1996-206/FD/EAL/121696