Sunshine Guardians
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Sunshine Guardians are citizens who have been mocked, insulted, ignored, or otherwise mistreated by public officials because they chose to exercise their right to file requests for public records.
[edit] Nominations
Do you know of someone that deserves an STOTW award? Let us know who and why here with a link to an article or blog post about their open records efforts.
- Tina Renna, who was kicked out of a public meeting for asking questions about elected officials with family members on the public payroll. (8/24/09)
- Donna Zink of Mesa, Washington who is being blamed for driving the town into financial troubles. 4/30/09
- John Blanchette
- Nomination for Bob Smith. “You deal with these kind of people all the time,” says Lieberth [the Mayor's Chief of Staff, regarding a FOIA request from Smith]. “How can I explain somebody with a personality and temperament that is so outrageous that you start to look for a rational explanation for their behavior and can’t find one?" 4/23/09
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Nomination for Blogger Michael Butler.STOTW #46 - Nomination for Curtis Adams who is suing for itemized attorney billings. 4/7/09
- Nomination for Daniel Ochoa. 4/6/09
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Nomination for Mark Stern, who is going to the Illinois Supreme Court to fight for a FOIA request.STOTW #45 - Nomination for JoEllen Ridder, who is facing a lawsuit from Bensenville, Illinois accusing her of "intentionally harassing its staff with a barrage of cumbersome requests for information". 3/19/09
- Nomination for Tracie Washington, the "activist" lawyer from New Orleans. 3/12/09
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Nomination for Kay Mullins, who is on "a political witch hunt. This woman is a political operative for my opponent."STOTW #44 - Nomination for Carl Malamud. 3/5/09
- Nomination for Michael Brodinsky. 3/3/09
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Nomination for Linda and Kurt Kurzmiller, 2/7/09.STOTW #41 and #42. -
Nomination for Grace Caporuscio and John Schmitz of Chippewa Valley Schools, Michigan.STOTW #40 - Nomination for James Graham, who is claiming that the manner in which his FOIA requests are being addressed is "the most shocking thing I've ever seen by a Portage City Council." 1/28/09
- Nomination for Elicia Sanders of Eustace, Texas for her watchdog website stating "nothing but negativity on this great community.” 1/9/09
- Nomination for Nina Beasley, 12/29/08
- Nomination for Paul Kubosh who is "obviously doing some self-promoting. We can only assume this is a P.R. exercise by someone who makes a living defending in traffic court."
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Nomination for Marsha Farmer who uncovered millions of dollars worth of overcharges from Houston city contractors.12/25/08 RIP - Nomination for Carl Malamud, who wants to put all court records online. 12/17/08
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Nomination for Mike Gantt who used public records to unearth years of corruption in Gaston, South Carolina.STOTW #38 12/14/08 - Nomination for Judge Joseph K. Sheeran.
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Nomination for Susan Siegel who says of herself: "Yes, I'm a thorn, but all I'm doing is exercising my rights". 12/1/08Chosen! - Nomination for Councilman Tony Phillips who went "off on his own, ignoring the advice of the city solicitor". 11/2/08
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Nomination for Joel Chandler, "He's received dozens of threatening e-mails telling him to "watch out" and to "beware" because he is under investigation." 11/1/08Chosen! - Nomination for Vito Bochicchio, 10/31/08
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Nomination for James Vittorioso, who claims "Freedom of speech has been abridged and I've been gagged". 10/20/08 - Nomination for Vicki Simons, 10/20/08
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Nomination for Curtis Hier on 10/15/08.Chosen! - Nomination for all the attendees of this school board meeting. 10/10/08
- Nomination for Riccardo A. Mora 10/7/08 He has been accused of "mis-using FOIA as a vehicle to address personal issues rather than public interest".
- Nomination for Brian Bardwell 10/2/08 "A man specializing in public records law is taking the county by storm and suing local agencies at will."
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Nomination for Bill Hugenberg 10/1/08 "Love him or hate him, Hugenberg says he is here to stay."Chosen! - Nomination for Wayne Tate, Kim Lefner and Jim Reardon, 9/22/08
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Nomination for Bill Philips, 9/10/08Chosen! -
Nomination for Dan Kramer, 9/9/08Chosen! -
Nomination for Mr. Kogutkiewicz, whose "behavior is appalling". 9/2/08 Chosen! 9/5/08 - Nomination for Diane Oberquell, who is called "spiteful" and "vindictive". 9/01/08
- Nomination for Robert Pickell and Township trustee Hicks 8/25/08
- Nomination for Angelo Panos 8/25/08
- Nomination for Tom Miller
- Nomination for Mickey Gendler. 8/18/08
- Nomination for Martin O’Shea. 8/15/08
[edit] Past Winners of the Award
You can see a list of all the recipients of the STOTW at WikiFOIA.
Some of the more recent winners are also listed here on Sunshine Review:
