In November of 2006 the Open Records Project made two requests for public records under the law. Neither of these requests has been honored by the City of Alachua. Clovis Watson, City Manager, previously stated he was going to CHANGE the policies and performance of the City with regard to such requests. However, after discovering that Watson delivered on the FIRST of a series of outstanding requests, Marian and Robert Rush, of the law firm of Rush and Glassman, “advised” (or ordered?) Clovis …

BENTON

Time to clean house…

MURRELL

Aaron Church, with the Burke County Manager’s office, recently had a conversation with our investigative team. After waiting for a response from a public records request for 2 days, we contacted the manager’s office to confirm they had received it. Mr. Church was unwilling to work with us to ensure that the county had received the request, and confirmed that only 2 people worked in the office – meaning 1 of 2 people are responsible for loosing the first request.

CORNETT

Using a hidden camera, KCRA 3 Investigates went to a dozen police and sheriff’s departments and asked to see the last 48 hours of calls for service logs, which detail police activity.

MANLEY

In November of 2006 the Open Records Project made two requests for public records under the law. Neither of these requests has been honored by the City of Alachua. Clovis Watson, City Manager, previously stated he was going to CHANGE the policies and performance of the City with regard to such requests. However, after discovering that Watson delivered on the FIRST of a series of outstanding requests, Marian and Robert Rush, of the law firm of Rush and Glassman, “advised” (or ordered?) Clovis …

TRIPLETT