The foundation has threatened so many engineers with legal action that the
Florida Engineering Society sent a warning to members. “It is debatable
whether they are truly seeking records or just attempting to obtain legal
fees for a violation of this requirement,” Craig Varn, the organization’s
general counsel, said in the May 23 memo.

The road-building industry in Florida also has been swamped with public
records requests and lawsuits from Citizens Awareness Foundation. “It’s a
sad game of ‘gotcha,’ the only purpose of which is to generate an attorney
fee claim rather than obtain any actual public records,” said Bob Burleson,
president of the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association.

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