An Aug 24, 2007 Governor’s Press Office release quotes Gov. Crist as saying, “The office ( Office of Open Government) is designed to help Floridians access information about state government and ensure that government’s actions are always transparent and accountable to taxpayers.” In addition, in his NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL, AUGUST 24, 2007, Gov. Crist wrote that “The role of Florida’s government is to serve the people of Florida, and open government gives the people the tools they need to hold us accountable for that service.” Inspired by these noble words I’ve availed myself of these tools and contacted the Attorney General’s Open Government Mediation Program for help obtaining my closed case file from State Attorney Meadow’s office. Assistant SA Lewis wrote that there were no basis to my charges. I want to find out if ASA Lewis pulled his determination out of thin air or some place else.

Joe