Still, Crist doesn't like to use e-mail. "I can't tell you the last time I got an e-mail from him," said George LeMieux, who until recently served as Crist's chief of staff and who ran his 2006 campaign. "I get a phone call. He just likes to talk to people, or hear their voice or capture things you can't capture in a sterile e-mail." But he said Crist has been the most transparent governor in Florida history. Indeed, Crist's first official act as governor was to create the Office of Open Government, which strives to ensure that state agencies comply quickly and fully to records requests.
The difference between Crist and his predecessor, Gov. Jeb Bush, is notable.
Bush's office often took months to fill requests, including one asking for e-mails related to the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case. That 2005 request cost more than $500 for a box of e-mails printed on paper. In contrast, Crist's office copies e-mails onto CDs and usually hands them out at no cost.
Florida put into law in 1995 that e-mails are public records. Courts had already ruled as much, but then-state Rep. Ron Klein passed a bill spelling out that communication to and from public officials and government employees are public records regardless of format......
Spot checks highlight poor access to gubernatorial e-mail
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I doubt that Governor Suntan ever learned to basic typing at St. Pete High. If he can coast, that’s how he likes it.
Office of Open Government sounds Orwellian to me. I don’t buy it. There are too many corrupt judges and office holders in Fla for open govt to even halfway exist.
Office of Open Government sounds Orwellian to me. I don’t buy it. There are too many corrupt judges and office holders in Fla for open govt to even halfway exist.