Another way to solve public records disputes

One flaw in California’s Public Records Act is that if a government agency turns down your request for documents, you have two choices — give up or sue. And suing is costly. Sydney Lupkin of The Bay Citizen says Florida has a better way of dealing with denied records requests — the Sunshine state (pun intended) has an official public records mediator, an independent third party, who settles such disputes without the expense of going to court.