Monday, November 3, 2008

Average Joel Wins Fight for Public Records

Joel Chandler doesn't exactly fit the gadfly profile.

A married man of 23 years, Chandler has four children, sells copy machines and has attended one County Commission meeting in his life.

But what sets him apart is an overriding desire to hold governmental agencies accountable after being served with a public records request.

"Some people like baseball and football," Chandler said. "This has been a lot of fun. It's like dealing with a bully."

Chandler, 44, has become an unlikely enemy of the Polk County School District after winning a lawsuit against the district that allows him access to the names, phone numbers, addresses and dependents' names of any of the estimated 13,000 employees who receive health care.


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