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They Kept 23,000 Records About the Guy Who Tried to Ban the Bible

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 …

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When a Commissioner From Another City Shows Up to Tell Yours to Stay Put — That’s a Records Request

A live worked example using the Stevens method and Florida Chapter 119 There’s a story developing in Broward County right now. A city is in the middle of a high-stakes public safety decision — whether to break a decades-long contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and form its own police and fire departments. The debate is loud, political, and closely …

Devil-themed artwork with text Satanology and In God We Trust, promoting a humorous event in Pompano Beach.

Established Presence” Isn’t a Policy. It’s a Filter.

“The City considers ‘established presence in the local community of Pompano Beach’ as an individual or religious organization that has a physical or active presence in Pompano Beach… …including participation in local city events, i.e. memorial ceremonies.” That language is not mine. It comes straight out of the City’s records. And it doesn’t appear anywhere in the City’s published Invocation …

Discovery Is Not Public Records

And why confusing the two costs you leverage One of the most common mistakes people make is treating a Public Records Request (PRR) like it’s discovery-lite. It isn’t. Discovery is a court-controlled process. Public records is a constitutional obligation. That distinction is not academic. It’s structural. And it determines who has leverage. Discovery: answers on their terms Discovery happens after …