Public records request.

• Author: Joanow, Olga J.
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

I enjoyed Mr. Rubin's article, "Impeachment of a Civil Litigant with Criminal Convictions" (November). The article properly cites to F.S. [section] 119.01 as a mechanism for gathering documents from a government source. However, I believe the reference in the article to a "Sunshine Law request" is somewhat misleading and is usually more accurately applied to meetings of public boards and viewing the minutes of such meetings. The primary mechanism to secure copies of government business records derives from the public records law found in Ch. 119 of...