Legal battle continues on Mahoning Co. purchase of Oakhill Renaissance Place

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Commissioner John A. McNally IV has sued county Administrator George J. Tablack and county Prosecutor Paul J. Gains in a mandamus action demanding that Tablack and Gains supply him with public records concerning Oakhill Renaissance Place.

The suit alleges that Tablack and Gains have “refused in bad faith to fully comply” with McNally’s request “and have purposely and willfully violated the law” of the state concerning access to public records.

The lawsuit, filed today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, seeks a writ of mandamus ordering disclosure of the records, an injunction against destruction of the records, and a forfeiture of more than $1,000 for each public records law violation.

A hearing on McNally’s demands will be at 11 a.m. Aug. 11 before Magistrate Timothy G. Welsh.

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