Missouri Governor Matt Blunt (R)
This article is part of a set of articles about governors and open records requests:
See Governors, e-mail and open records for the main article.
See Exclusive: Governors e-mail purges raise hackles The Monitor, Texas, December 10, 2007
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Open-record suit renewed against Blunt 8/26/08
Lawyers refile lawsuit against Blunt seeking records, 8/25/08
Special attorneys general file new petition seeking Blunt e-mails, 8/25/08
GOP uses Sunshine Law for retaliation July 28, 2008
Judge names bipartisan legal duo to take over e-mail suit filed against Blunt
July 23, 2008
AG Nixon isn't joining lawsuit against governor; seeks special counsel July 19, 2008
Judge dismisses e-mail suit, but leaves window open for un-dismissal, July 11, 2008
Missouri Judge dismisses Blunt e-mail lawsuit, July 12, 2008
Governor's office refused to provide records to fired lawyer.
The Fired Up! Missouri blog has this posting which includes a copy of the Employee Manual for the Office of the Governor: Matt Blunt Caught Up Again in His Own Lies
More from Fired Up! Missouri to Gov. Blunt: How About This Document, Governor Blunt?
Blunt says his office has no specific policy on deleting e-mails Associated Press, November 2, 2007
Nixon: Action coming in record retention case 11/14/07
Blunt files legal complaint in dispute over firing, e-mails 11/14/07
Blunt backs the Stop Snitchin movement Matt Blunt as gangsta rapper. 11/15/07
Blunt Orders E-Mail Retention System 11/15/07
Blunt directs creation of 'permanent e-mail system' 11/15/07 or "Blunt pledges to follow the law that already exists".
Good choice of investigators for Blunt’s records policy 11/15/07
Martin contradicts Blunt on e-mails What one columnist heard while listening in on a lawyers conference call. 11/16/07
Blunt questions Nixon's right to e-mail probe 11/16/07
The DNC has created a little game to illustrate Matt Blunt's attitude toward e-mail: Document Destroyer
Missouri: Auditor looking into Blunt e-mails, Sunshine Law 12/6/07
Govs' e-mail purges raise hackles 12/6/07
Montee weighing in on Blunt's email policies 12/6/07
Montee in the middle 12/6/07
Blunt, four staffers sued, accused of plot to destroy public records and hide activities from the public from the Prime Buzz blog on 1/9/07.
brownsox at Daily Kos chimes in on the controversy: MO-Gov: Matt Blunt sued by former attorney on 1/10/08.
E-mail controversy continues to dog Blunt 1/11/08.
January 16, 2008: Blunt approves $2 million e-mail archive
January 17, 2008: Blunt says email archive system will cost $1.4 million
Audit critiques Blunt on use of car, retention of e-mail from Prime Buzz on 2/21/08
March 7, 2008: Blunt hires attorneys, demands $540,000 to turn over email records
March 7, 2008: Independent investigators likely to sue governor next week to gain access to disputed e-mails from Prime Buzz.
March 7, 2008: Blunt demands AG pay $540K for office e-mail Inquiry lawyer insists records should be free.
March 8, 2008: Blunt's staff defends charges for email records
March 9, 2008: Nixon cries foul about Blunt’s e-mail demands
The Blunt Administration's Steady, Inexorable Rise to Utter Laughingstock Finally Complete from Fired Up! Missouri on 3/12/08.
Gov. Blunt's Office Seeks E-Mail Records from Nixon's Office, March 12, 2008
March 13, 2008: E-mail war escalates, as Blunt seeks Nixon's communications
March 14, 2008: House GOP comes up short; legal action imminent in Blunt public records investigation from Prime Buzz on 3/14/08.
March 24, 2008: Blunt provides Nixon investigators records on media requests
May 5, 2008: Missouri governor, aides accused of ordering e-mail purge
May 6, 2008: Lawsuit contends Blunt's aides ordered staffers to break the law
May 6, 2008: Blunt ordered e-mail purge, lawsuit claims
May 10, 2008: Blunt uses same open-records weapon against critics
May 25, 2008: Analysis: Blunt retaliating with records requests
June 3, 2008: Email war continues between Blunt and Nixon
June 11, 2008: Three news outlets ask to intervene in lawsuit over access to Blunt's e-mail
June 11, 2008: Mo. media outlets try to join e-mail lawsuit
June 12, 2008: Mo. News Outlets Try To Join E-mail Lawsuit Against Blunt
July 11, 2008: Judge set to rule on whether battle for Blunt's e-mails can continue
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