September 23, 2009

John Curp

City Solicitor

801 Plum Street

City Hall, Room 214

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Fax (513) 352-1515

Dear Attorney Curp:

The Cincinnati NAACP is sending you an official public information request for the City's SBE numbers up to August 2009. Our staff is willing to pick the information up when available. You may contact my office at (513) 751-3888 when the information is available.

If the information is not provided in a timely fashion the Cincinnati NAACP will exercise all of its legal rights to obtain public information from the City of Cincinnati.

Thank you for your assistance in providing this important information in a timely manner.

Sincerely,

Christopher Smitherman

President of the Cincinnati NAACP

cc: Rochelle Thompson

Milton Dohoney

Mark Mallory

Members of Council

Attorney Chris Finney

Jim Clingman