Let me make sure I understand this correctly.

In April 2022, I filed petitions with 63 Florida school districts asking them to remove the Bible from school classrooms and libraries. My reasoning was airtight: DeSantis had just signed HB 1467, empowering parents to challenge “obscene” materials. The Bible — rape, infanticide, bestiality, Psalm 137:9 (“Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks”) — clears that bar with room to spare.

NPR covered it. So did the Washington Post. ABC. A few districts processed it internally.

I called it political satire. Ron DeSantis called it something else.

Shortly after, the Florida Legislature amended the book challenge law to restrict non-parent challengers and cap the volume of challenges any individual could file. I was, at the time, the most visible non-parent challenger in the state. The timing was not subtle. Neither was I.

Fast Forward to 2026

I filed a Chapter 119 public records request with the Executive Office of the Governor. I wanted to see the internal decision process behind those amendments — specifically any communications referencing me by name, my username ESADoggy, or phrases like:

• “Bible challenge”
• “book challenge abuse”
• “making a mockery”
• “one challenge per month”
• “liberal activist”

Their response came back Tuesday.

23,000 items.

Twenty. Three. Thousand.

The Governor’s office — the people running the fourth largest state in the nation — apparently generated, received, forwarded, or otherwise touched 23,000 records that hit my search terms. They flagged potential attorney-client exemptions. They cited the special service charge provision. They asked if I wanted to narrow my scope.

I did not narrow my scope.

What 23,000 Records Actually Means

It means they were paying attention.

It means somebody — probably several somebodies — was tracking the Bible challenge story, passing it around, discussing it in emails, probably texting about it, possibly Signal-messaging about it (yes, I asked for those too), and building a legislative response around it.

23,000 records is not a clerical accident. That’s a paper trail. That’s a reaction. That’s what it looks like when a Governor’s office gets rattled by a guy with a beer-can Festivus pole and a Bible.

Where Things Stand

I’ve requested a written, itemized cost estimate. I’ve put them on notice that volume is not a legal basis for delay under Florida law. I’ve made clear that my request covers personal devices and third-party platforms — Signal included.

Now we wait.

But let’s be clear about what’s already happened: the most powerful office in Florida just confirmed, in writing, that they have 23,000 records responsive to a search that includes my name.

I tried to ban the Bible.

They kept receipts.

Follow the PRR. Follow the receipts. More to come.