Open Records brings us another edition of the Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week.

Augusta, Georgia’s purchasing department needs a little sunshine, and Robert Mullins wants to be the guy to open the blinds. The problem? He’s not receiving his FOIA’ed information as soon as required by law. In fact, Mullins had to sue the city and Geri Sams, the Augusta Procurement Officer, in order to have a chance at ever seeing the information he requested.

Apparently, he’s not the only one with difficulty getting access to public records- the Augusta Chronical joined the lawsuit. The Chronical had this to say.

Congratulations, Robert Mullins, on your award. When you finally receive that information you requested, please, let us know if you discover the reason Ms. Sams refused to just follow the law.