Morrison v. Law Dir. of Mt. Vernon

[Cite as Morrison v. Law Dir. of Mt. Vernon,

2022-Ohio-1617.] JOSHUA DAVID MORRISON Case No. 2022-00023PQ Requester Special Master Jeff Clark v. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION LAW DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON Respondent {¶1} The Ohio Public Records Act (PRA) requires copies of public records to be made available to any person upon request. The state policy underlying the PRA is that open government serves the public interest and our democratic system. State ex rel. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. v. Petro, 80 Ohio St.3d 261, 264,

685 N.E.2d 1223

(1997). To that end, the public…