Superintendent Porter:
       You are quoted in today’s Citizen as saying that “All of this (suit with Coastal Construction) got into the legal world because of the documents and public records.”  Phrased differently, you are saying that the MCSD sued Coastal Construction to obtain access to records that the District believed to be “public” and thus open to public scrutiny.  I laud you and the Board for that action.
       What confuses me, however, is that you are quick to file suit to obtain public records from others while you drag your feet in providing access to  public records in your custody.  That behavior strikes me as rather contradictory.
        For example, I have two Public Records Requests to MCSD that are pending, one from last week and one from last month.  Not only have I not received the records requested, MCSD has violated the law by not even acknowledging receipt of my requests.  The process, as you know, is rather simple and does not need  to be contentious unless the District wishes to do so.  As I recall, the last time the District went into court to defend its behavior regarding a Public Records Request, it cost the District $1,000, not to mention the aggravation.  Need we repeat that performance?
Larry Murray
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