Reuben Askew as Governor of Florida fought for open government in a
constitutional amendment and in other ways. Based on your research list three elements Governor Askew
thought of as important in open government and explain why each was important as it related to governmental
performance and the institutions of democracy. Compare those three elements to newspaper accounts
between the years of 1979 and 2009 of state and local government individuals and programs in Florida that
appeared, according to the press, to violate each of the elements you found. Provide a summary or summaries
from the time period covered of an example(s) that violated each one of the three elements you identified.