Friday, I succeeded in obtaining a hard copy of a crime report. It is a report from Oct. 26, which was supposedly the most recent report. Everything is hand-written. When I talked to Edna, she said something about them putting the reports into their filing system, which sounded like it may be on the computer. However, she was still adamant about not e-mailing anything. Perhaps when I go to Whiteville, I will get to the bottom of this mystery.
The report is two pages, as was the last one she sent me. I'm not going to sit here and type out each field that is filled in because that would be a waste of everyone's time. I will say, however, that each of these fields should be included in a database. There is a narrative part at the end, and I don't think it needs to be in the database simply because there just really isn't room. The narrative will be useful in obtaining details that may have been missed on the rest of the report, but the actual narrative will not go into the database.
In the case of this report, nothing about the offender is known except for race and sex. Those fields will still need to be included in any spreadsheet that is made, but for this report (and probably for several others), the information can just be filled in as "N/A" or "unknown" (or, as abbreviated on the report, "unk.")
I can't really say much else about the reports as of now. I really need to get several of them. I hope that happens this week. Also, I need to say that I'm quickly getting lost. I'm not exactly sure how to go about making these reports into an online database. I think I understand the basics of Caspio, but I don't necessarily understand where that fits into the picture. I need help connecting the dots. Am I the only one?
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Remixing the news
PART ONE: CHAPTER 12
First things first, here are my thoughts on chapter 12:
I'm still stuck at this question ... HOW do we revolutionize the news in the ways that chapter 12 suggests?
What is the benefit to constructing a news story in a non-linear fashion rather than in a linear fashion? Obviously it serves readers better - they can view what they want rather than the entire story - but what benefit does it have for journalists? Our stories are just getting chopped into "chunks," and some of those "chunks" may never even be viewed.
What role does javascript play in Joomla and other such things? Does it just supplement like HTML? In applying for jobs, I've found that a lot of companies and organizations are using Joomla templates. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Joomla. I like knowing HTML because when Joomla really pisses me off, I just go into the code and change whatever I want to change. Unfortunately, my knowledge of javascript is basic at best. In high school, I learned to do simple things like create scrolling text and a cursor tail. A cursor tail of hearts is fun for a teenage girl, but I've found that it doesn't serve me well in the professional world.
This is a random question that doesn't apply to anything except something that was said in the chapter. Why would I want to update my Twitter and Facebook with the same thing? Most of the people who follow me on Twitter are also my Facebook friends. I get frustrated when I see the same things on Twitter and Facebook. To me, it doesn't make sense to link the two. If you do that, why even have Twitter?
Random note: I appreciated the use of the word "gobbledy-gook." I feel that it's way underused, probably because most people aren't aware that it's a word.
PART TWO: MY NEWEST UPDATE
I'm still working on getting crime reports faxed to me. I will go to Whiteville, but it will not be this week. I tried an e-mail fax service, but each one I tried was not free. Receiving one fax doesn't seem like it's worth $69. I have reason to believe my apartment complex has a fax machine in its office. I haven't asked yet, but I may be able to use that one. The problem is going to be scheduling. I will need it to be faxed to me while I'm there obviously. But I don't get home before 4:30 any day except Friday. I'm sure it can be worked out, but it's something I'll need to think about.
That's all I have for now.
First things first, here are my thoughts on chapter 12:
I'm still stuck at this question ... HOW do we revolutionize the news in the ways that chapter 12 suggests?
What is the benefit to constructing a news story in a non-linear fashion rather than in a linear fashion? Obviously it serves readers better - they can view what they want rather than the entire story - but what benefit does it have for journalists? Our stories are just getting chopped into "chunks," and some of those "chunks" may never even be viewed.
What role does javascript play in Joomla and other such things? Does it just supplement like HTML? In applying for jobs, I've found that a lot of companies and organizations are using Joomla templates. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Joomla. I like knowing HTML because when Joomla really pisses me off, I just go into the code and change whatever I want to change. Unfortunately, my knowledge of javascript is basic at best. In high school, I learned to do simple things like create scrolling text and a cursor tail. A cursor tail of hearts is fun for a teenage girl, but I've found that it doesn't serve me well in the professional world.
This is a random question that doesn't apply to anything except something that was said in the chapter. Why would I want to update my Twitter and Facebook with the same thing? Most of the people who follow me on Twitter are also my Facebook friends. I get frustrated when I see the same things on Twitter and Facebook. To me, it doesn't make sense to link the two. If you do that, why even have Twitter?
Random note: I appreciated the use of the word "gobbledy-gook." I feel that it's way underused, probably because most people aren't aware that it's a word.
PART TWO: MY NEWEST UPDATE
I'm still working on getting crime reports faxed to me. I will go to Whiteville, but it will not be this week. I tried an e-mail fax service, but each one I tried was not free. Receiving one fax doesn't seem like it's worth $69. I have reason to believe my apartment complex has a fax machine in its office. I haven't asked yet, but I may be able to use that one. The problem is going to be scheduling. I will need it to be faxed to me while I'm there obviously. But I don't get home before 4:30 any day except Friday. I'm sure it can be worked out, but it's something I'll need to think about.
That's all I have for now.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Getting crime reports
I have spent the past two days holed up in my room searching for jobs. The only time I allowed myself to leave was last night. I went to my high school's homecoming and then bowling, and I've never felt so lame in my life. In fact, I can't believe I just admitted it. Anyway, I need a break from the job search, so I'm going to give a quick update on how searching for records has been going.
Wednesday afternoon, I arrived in Yadkin County. I looked up the number to the fax machine in our office in the phone book, and then I called the Whiteville PD. I talked to Edna. (She's the lady at the front desk ... I got her name this time.) She was really helpful; she agreed to fax the most current report to me so that I could at least see what I'll be dealing with when I go pick them up next week. Everything went wonderfully ...
... Until I realized that I was back in Yadkin County, which means nothing works right. I got the fax not long after I got off the phone with Edna. And it looked terrible. For one, my family doesn't know how a fax machine works. We get a lot of fax spam, and my dad just puts them right back in the fax machine ... So my report is printed on top of a "Bahamas Cruise for $99!" ad. If that were the only problem, I would have just called Edna back and asked her to fax it again. But, the toner is also messed up in our fax machine. So even if there were no ad on top of the report, I probably wouldn't be able to read it. It's very frustrating. In this place, I don't have any other fax machine options.
I did try to get one report to look at. I failed. Well, I actually do have the report, and I'm bringing it to class. But, it's still a failure. Next week, however, I am definitely going to have good information. I'm sure of it. Edna is so helpful that there's no way this can go poorly. I hope.
Wednesday afternoon, I arrived in Yadkin County. I looked up the number to the fax machine in our office in the phone book, and then I called the Whiteville PD. I talked to Edna. (She's the lady at the front desk ... I got her name this time.) She was really helpful; she agreed to fax the most current report to me so that I could at least see what I'll be dealing with when I go pick them up next week. Everything went wonderfully ...
... Until I realized that I was back in Yadkin County, which means nothing works right. I got the fax not long after I got off the phone with Edna. And it looked terrible. For one, my family doesn't know how a fax machine works. We get a lot of fax spam, and my dad just puts them right back in the fax machine ... So my report is printed on top of a "Bahamas Cruise for $99!" ad. If that were the only problem, I would have just called Edna back and asked her to fax it again. But, the toner is also messed up in our fax machine. So even if there were no ad on top of the report, I probably wouldn't be able to read it. It's very frustrating. In this place, I don't have any other fax machine options.
I did try to get one report to look at. I failed. Well, I actually do have the report, and I'm bringing it to class. But, it's still a failure. Next week, however, I am definitely going to have good information. I'm sure of it. Edna is so helpful that there's no way this can go poorly. I hope.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Planning process
Things aren't really going that smoothly. I cannot travel to Whiteville over break. Well, I technically can. I won't lie. (After all, I just wrote a blog about how honest I am.) The thing is, from my house, which is where I'll be over fall break, Whiteville is 4.5 hours ... one way. And even where my grades are involved, I can't justify traveling 9 hours in one day. That's an entire day, and I had planned to spend my fall break job searching. I'm graduating in two months, so if I don't get on that job search thing too, I will soon be poor without the excuse of being a college student.
My plans are, currently, to convince the Whiteville Police Department to fax me just one record. There's a fax machine at my home home (my term for my actual home, not my home in Chapel Hill), so I just need to get the number off of that tomorrow, call and ask either front desk lady or the chief to fax those over. I think I can at least do that.
Then, once I'm back in Chapel Hill next week, Elizabeth and I are going to try to go to Whiteville either Thursday or Friday to obtain our records. They won't be quite as timely as had been hoped, but that's the best I can offer right now. I suspect that the trip won't take all that long, and I'll have the records by next Friday at the latest.
My plans are, currently, to convince the Whiteville Police Department to fax me just one record. There's a fax machine at my home home (my term for my actual home, not my home in Chapel Hill), so I just need to get the number off of that tomorrow, call and ask either front desk lady or the chief to fax those over. I think I can at least do that.
Then, once I'm back in Chapel Hill next week, Elizabeth and I are going to try to go to Whiteville either Thursday or Friday to obtain our records. They won't be quite as timely as had been hoped, but that's the best I can offer right now. I suspect that the trip won't take all that long, and I'll have the records by next Friday at the latest.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Complete success
That sums up my call to the Whiteville police department. My policy has always been honesty. I'm honest to a flaw - even my mom says I'm too blunt. But I appreciate honesty, and thus I always try to give it in return. Also, I can be really feisty when necessary, and I often am even when it's not necessary. However, my approach today was to be as nice as possible. When dealing with small-town people (and honestly people in general), that's the way to go. I grew up in a small town. I know how to deal with the mindless chatter that's necessary; I know how to pull out my accent (I know it sounds bad now, but you should hear me after I've been home for a week) and sound slightly less intelligent. And I know these things work because it makes me just another person, less intimidating and more friendly. All of that is rambling. The point is that I got all of my information within a six minute phone conversation. And I got it by being friendly and telling the lady everything she asked about and some things she didn't.
The people at the Whiteville police department know my name. They know I'm a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and that I will be visiting to collect records for a class project. They know we're working with "The News Reporter," and they know we're trying to get the information online. And I don't see any problems with them knowing that. I know people get defensive sometimes, but I think reporters are often offensive. We go in wanting everyone to throw their records at us. But we expect that they won't, so we go in prepared for a fight. We turn on the fire. We tell unnecessary lies. Any respect people had for us when we walked in soon disappears. And I'm just not O.K. with that. But I'm still rambling ...
The lady at the front desk (no, I didn't get her name) told me they do not have online versions of the records, and they do not have word documents. They cannot e-mail me anything, and they cannot fax me anything unless I'm looking for something specific. I'm going to try to get around that for my sample data - I don't want to drive all the way to Whiteville over fall break, especially because my house is in the exact opposite direction. I was told, however, that if I walk in and ask for reports, they can give me the reports from as recently as yesterday. The reports go back to the early 1980s, but those are only specific reports. (I didn't find out more information than that.) The front desk lady said that anyone at the front desk can get me these reports, but she suggested that I talk to the chief about what I'm doing if I plan on being in there more than once. So, I'm going to hold the chief accountable for getting me these reports - in fact, he will probably never hand me a record, but if something doesn't work out, he's getting blamed. His name and contact information can be found in my previous blog.
I did get put on hold once, and when the lady came back, she asked for my name. That's fine. She sounded like she was taking it so that when I came in they could be super-helpful for me, but maybe she was taking it to warn everyone. Maybe it was a bit of both. I don't actually care. What's the big deal about her having my name? I'm going to get the records either way.
As for the statements of economic interest in Raleigh, I haven't actually gotten around to those yet. I plan to start almost immediately, and I'm going to update this blog when I get that information. I'm not even 100 percent sure about what we're supposed to find, so hopeful my reporter's instinct will lead me. Or something.
I've returned from a search that took a lot longer than originally intended. After leaving last time, I detoured through the weekend and have just now resurfaced. So I have found ... nothing. Well, almost nothing. I found that the statements are filed with the Ethics Commission, and all of their contact information is here. However, I am not convinced that the records are not online. I'm just convinced that I don't know how to search for them. I e-mailed Professor Thornburg for help, and I'm waiting to hear back. If worse comes to worse, I'm pretty sure I can call the Ethics Commission and be pointed in the right direction. But since it's Sunday evening, that's not going to work for now. I'll update if/when I get updates.
The people at the Whiteville police department know my name. They know I'm a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and that I will be visiting to collect records for a class project. They know we're working with "The News Reporter," and they know we're trying to get the information online. And I don't see any problems with them knowing that. I know people get defensive sometimes, but I think reporters are often offensive. We go in wanting everyone to throw their records at us. But we expect that they won't, so we go in prepared for a fight. We turn on the fire. We tell unnecessary lies. Any respect people had for us when we walked in soon disappears. And I'm just not O.K. with that. But I'm still rambling ...
The lady at the front desk (no, I didn't get her name) told me they do not have online versions of the records, and they do not have word documents. They cannot e-mail me anything, and they cannot fax me anything unless I'm looking for something specific. I'm going to try to get around that for my sample data - I don't want to drive all the way to Whiteville over fall break, especially because my house is in the exact opposite direction. I was told, however, that if I walk in and ask for reports, they can give me the reports from as recently as yesterday. The reports go back to the early 1980s, but those are only specific reports. (I didn't find out more information than that.) The front desk lady said that anyone at the front desk can get me these reports, but she suggested that I talk to the chief about what I'm doing if I plan on being in there more than once. So, I'm going to hold the chief accountable for getting me these reports - in fact, he will probably never hand me a record, but if something doesn't work out, he's getting blamed. His name and contact information can be found in my previous blog.
I did get put on hold once, and when the lady came back, she asked for my name. That's fine. She sounded like she was taking it so that when I came in they could be super-helpful for me, but maybe she was taking it to warn everyone. Maybe it was a bit of both. I don't actually care. What's the big deal about her having my name? I'm going to get the records either way.
As for the statements of economic interest in Raleigh, I haven't actually gotten around to those yet. I plan to start almost immediately, and I'm going to update this blog when I get that information. I'm not even 100 percent sure about what we're supposed to find, so hopeful my reporter's instinct will lead me. Or something.
I've returned from a search that took a lot longer than originally intended. After leaving last time, I detoured through the weekend and have just now resurfaced. So I have found ... nothing. Well, almost nothing. I found that the statements are filed with the Ethics Commission, and all of their contact information is here. However, I am not convinced that the records are not online. I'm just convinced that I don't know how to search for them. I e-mailed Professor Thornburg for help, and I'm waiting to hear back. If worse comes to worse, I'm pretty sure I can call the Ethics Commission and be pointed in the right direction. But since it's Sunday evening, that's not going to work for now. I'll update if/when I get updates.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
And the frustration begins
I have been trying to figure out what I'm doing since 4:30 today. (In my defense, I stopped for a quick nap and to make a delicious Thai dinner for my roommates. I'm not actually so stupid that it has taken me 3 hours ... There was a break.) I'm totally lost when it comes to this records stuff. But just when I was ready to call it quits and write a blog saying I didn't know what I was doing (and yes, I already had the blogger screen pulled up ready to do exactly that), I found this cool little packet that we got in class last Thursday (or Tuesday). And in there, I found pretty much everything I had already found online. So it turns out that my ineptness only plays a small role in this never-ending search for nothingness. (It has been dubbed so because I'm ready to just throw my laptop out the window.) Anyway, here is what I've found:
First, please see the Whiteville police department website. Basically, it would be just as useful if it weren't even there. It was actually a little difficult to find, and it gave me almost no information. I know the chief's name now (Jerry Britt) and his e-mail address. I did find the telephone number (910-642-5111) and physical address, but it turns out the address was already in the packet of information that I so conveniently forgot about. This beautiful packet also shared with me that my search endeavors were pretty much in vain because there is no way to access the information online. But, if I'd like to get in my car and drive to Whiteville, I can get a printout version of yesterday's crimes.
In my search, I also stumbled across the N.C. Department of Justice website, which was also in our packet. (Had I not forgotten this packet, I would have saved a lot of time.) PDF reports are available there with state crime statistics (rates by city) from as recently as 2009. However, I'm just guessing that I'm still going to have to contact the Whiteville PD.
So, I do have some questions that I want my contacts to answer. (Unfortunately, it appears that I may not have any contacts ... This packet says contact with the police department in Whiteville was pretty unsuccessful.) Assuming I ever get to speak to these people, I suppose the most basic questions are as follows:
1. How are the records stored?
2. How are they indexed?
3. How current are the records?
4. How often are the records updated?
(This packet says they're updated daily, but I didn't find any information to indicate whether that's correct so I just want to make sure.)
5. When was the last time they were updated?
6. When is the next time they'll be updated?
7. How far back do the records go?
I wasn't really able to find the answer to anything online; I just saw that the records have to be requested in person or by a letter. They can fax the records, but somehow in the plethora of room that I have in my college apartment, I haven't found space for a fax machine. Overall, I've been fairly frustrated with this whole experience, and I haven't even started looking for records yet. I can tell that the next few weeks are going to be bundles of fun.
First, please see the Whiteville police department website. Basically, it would be just as useful if it weren't even there. It was actually a little difficult to find, and it gave me almost no information. I know the chief's name now (Jerry Britt) and his e-mail address. I did find the telephone number (910-642-5111) and physical address, but it turns out the address was already in the packet of information that I so conveniently forgot about. This beautiful packet also shared with me that my search endeavors were pretty much in vain because there is no way to access the information online. But, if I'd like to get in my car and drive to Whiteville, I can get a printout version of yesterday's crimes.
In my search, I also stumbled across the N.C. Department of Justice website, which was also in our packet. (Had I not forgotten this packet, I would have saved a lot of time.) PDF reports are available there with state crime statistics (rates by city) from as recently as 2009. However, I'm just guessing that I'm still going to have to contact the Whiteville PD.
So, I do have some questions that I want my contacts to answer. (Unfortunately, it appears that I may not have any contacts ... This packet says contact with the police department in Whiteville was pretty unsuccessful.) Assuming I ever get to speak to these people, I suppose the most basic questions are as follows:
1. How are the records stored?
2. How are they indexed?
3. How current are the records?
4. How often are the records updated?
(This packet says they're updated daily, but I didn't find any information to indicate whether that's correct so I just want to make sure.)
5. When was the last time they were updated?
6. When is the next time they'll be updated?
7. How far back do the records go?
I wasn't really able to find the answer to anything online; I just saw that the records have to be requested in person or by a letter. They can fax the records, but somehow in the plethora of room that I have in my college apartment, I haven't found space for a fax machine. Overall, I've been fairly frustrated with this whole experience, and I haven't even started looking for records yet. I can tell that the next few weeks are going to be bundles of fun.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Just some ramblings
I suppose it's about time for some random ramblings, and since we don't have a blog assignment for Monday, I might as well go ahead and ramble now. While rambling, I'd at least like to stay on the subject of the class, so I'm going to discuss some concerns I have.
I've never tried really hard to get records for anything. Either I get them, or I don't. Well, typically I get them. But if someone tells me no, it will be several weeks before the records become available, I move on. I don't like taking no for an answer, but when records are concerned, I just haven't found fighting to be worth it ... yet.
I think I can honestly say that it's almost fall break and I still don't know exactly what's going on in this class. Part of that is senioritis. In two months, I'm gone ... But I'm not a total slacker. I understand that we're collecting all this information to put it online so that it will be easier to access. I'm just not sure I understand the purpose. Who is going to look at this information? Does anyone care? Am I going to be traveling to Raleigh and spending an absurd amount of time with spreadsheets for no real reason? And most importantly, how is this spreadsheet going to be connected to the newspaper?
Maybe I've been really zoned out recently. Maybe I should completely understand what's going on. Maybe I should be in Raleigh right now, searching for things that I'm not sure about. I'm interested in crime reports for no real reason. If possible, that's what I want to find.
I think things are about to get tedious, and that makes me nervous.
I've never tried really hard to get records for anything. Either I get them, or I don't. Well, typically I get them. But if someone tells me no, it will be several weeks before the records become available, I move on. I don't like taking no for an answer, but when records are concerned, I just haven't found fighting to be worth it ... yet.
I think I can honestly say that it's almost fall break and I still don't know exactly what's going on in this class. Part of that is senioritis. In two months, I'm gone ... But I'm not a total slacker. I understand that we're collecting all this information to put it online so that it will be easier to access. I'm just not sure I understand the purpose. Who is going to look at this information? Does anyone care? Am I going to be traveling to Raleigh and spending an absurd amount of time with spreadsheets for no real reason? And most importantly, how is this spreadsheet going to be connected to the newspaper?
Maybe I've been really zoned out recently. Maybe I should completely understand what's going on. Maybe I should be in Raleigh right now, searching for things that I'm not sure about. I'm interested in crime reports for no real reason. If possible, that's what I want to find.
I think things are about to get tedious, and that makes me nervous.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Public Record Resources
Just hearing "public records" makes me cringe. It takes me back to the days of media law, the days of learning about FOIA and "The Sunshine Act" and all those things that I just generally want to push out of my mind forever. I often get "public records" confused with "open/closed meetings;" while related, I remember more from the open/closed meetings portion of media law. I'm not sure what this blog is supposed to be about, but I assume we're supposed to read and talk about things we learned. I read all the links I could (only the first and third ones worked for me), and I didn't necessarily learn anything. Some things were refreshers; as previously stated, I put most of my media law knowledge in the far back of my mind and hope to dump it out at any moment. So, my blog is just about questions that these readings raised in my mind.
Here's the big question: How do you know who to contact to get a public record? Personally, I just imagine this building somewhere in downtown Raleigh (I'm totally unfamiliar with Raleigh, so for all I know I'm imagining Narnia) with a stuffy old lady sitting at the front desks and millions of dusty records that date back to the beginning of time on an infinite amount of shelves behind her. Now I know it doesn't work like that; I took reporting, and while I tried to stay away from public records, I did end up having to get a few records from the Board of Education. However, that was pretty simple because the board chair just e-mailed them to me. She was really friendly, and I didn't have to deal with a stuffy old lady behind a desk.
If someone tries to make you go through a public information officer, how do you avoid that? I've been in the situation before where someone just would not talk to me. Every time I attempted to contact him, he just simply said, "Talk to our PIO." And that was the end of our conversations. This isn't the best wording, but how can I force someone into doing what I want?
If someone just refuses to comply, what do I do? I read about the part about using G.S. 132, and while I'm sure that will impress people, I feel like under pressure I may forget it. And even if I don't, there's no guarantee that the argument will work.
What do we do when records are out-of-date? When I covered the Orange County school system in reporting, I wanted the minutes of the Board of Education meetings. But they didn't get those online until over a month after the meeting - at which point it would no longer be news. I was lucky enough to be in contact with a chair who tried to help me, but I know that won't always be the case.
I actually wanted some of the other links to work; these two started to raise some good questions, and I felt like I had more coming on before my search was put to a stop. But honestly, I think most of my questions will come once I start searching. It's hard to understand the situation until you're actually in it, so it's hard for me to predict what will potentially be a problem. Right now all this stuff about spreadsheets is overwhelming me, so I can't imagine that the search for public records will be any worse.
Here's the big question: How do you know who to contact to get a public record? Personally, I just imagine this building somewhere in downtown Raleigh (I'm totally unfamiliar with Raleigh, so for all I know I'm imagining Narnia) with a stuffy old lady sitting at the front desks and millions of dusty records that date back to the beginning of time on an infinite amount of shelves behind her. Now I know it doesn't work like that; I took reporting, and while I tried to stay away from public records, I did end up having to get a few records from the Board of Education. However, that was pretty simple because the board chair just e-mailed them to me. She was really friendly, and I didn't have to deal with a stuffy old lady behind a desk.
If someone tries to make you go through a public information officer, how do you avoid that? I've been in the situation before where someone just would not talk to me. Every time I attempted to contact him, he just simply said, "Talk to our PIO." And that was the end of our conversations. This isn't the best wording, but how can I force someone into doing what I want?
If someone just refuses to comply, what do I do? I read about the part about using G.S. 132, and while I'm sure that will impress people, I feel like under pressure I may forget it. And even if I don't, there's no guarantee that the argument will work.
What do we do when records are out-of-date? When I covered the Orange County school system in reporting, I wanted the minutes of the Board of Education meetings. But they didn't get those online until over a month after the meeting - at which point it would no longer be news. I was lucky enough to be in contact with a chair who tried to help me, but I know that won't always be the case.
I actually wanted some of the other links to work; these two started to raise some good questions, and I felt like I had more coming on before my search was put to a stop. But honestly, I think most of my questions will come once I start searching. It's hard to understand the situation until you're actually in it, so it's hard for me to predict what will potentially be a problem. Right now all this stuff about spreadsheets is overwhelming me, so I can't imagine that the search for public records will be any worse.
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