Gunnels gets the facts straight in a short amount of space - putting the issue on a nice timeline given the amount of space he had:
... "We weren't surprised at all," said researcher Chetly Zarko, who used Michigan's Freedom of Information Act in an attempt to obtain the information.
"They took as much time as they could and waited ... and appealed," he added.
Zarko, of Zarko Research & Consulting, sought e-mails regarding discussion about election candidates, officials in office or ballot proposals.
Initially, administrators began releasing the e-mails to Zarko until the teachers' union sued to block them.
"This is a basic issue of the public's right to know," Zarko said. "And teachers are public employees. In this case, it happens to be the teachers are the teachers' union officials at the same time that they are using public computers."
Zarko said the process may take six months more or longer to unfold.
"The Court of Appeals is not a quick process," Zarko said.
"But, if we lose this battle, it will be harder for the mainstream press to look into and report on issues," he added.
