E-mails, public records and Sunshine Week
This week is Sunshine Week across the country, and this story points out how government e-mails rarely get released. I wrote a story about a school board member's hijacking the district's construction and had previously asked for all district-related e-mails about construction over two years. I got none. The district lawyer, who is still that district's lawyer by the way, said none existed. Someone later leaked me e-mails running into the hundreds covering exactly what I asked for.
Ed,
As strange as it may sound, it is nice to see that the news industry is not exempt from the same non-compliance that average folks endure when trying to access public records.