Knight Foundation

By Liz Herbert Joyner, Executive Director, The Village Square, Inc.  The Village Square, a partnership with The Community Foundation of North Florida, seeks to foster civil civic dialog through live forums and Web platforms, including a wiki. It was ten years ago last week that America woke up without a president-elect, in what was to become the 37 bizarre days of legal wrangling and political brinkmanship we know as the Florida Recount. To mark the anniversary, Knight Community Information Challenge project The Village Square brought together seven of the central players in the drama that riveted America in the most challenging transition of power in American’s history. The event received national press coverage. Panelists included Florida Supreme Court Justices Jorge Labarga and retired Justice Harry Lee Anstead, Judge Nikki Ann Clark and Terry Lewis who both issued key rulings in the case, George W. Bush’s lead Florida counsel Barry Richard, Leon County Election Supervisor Ion Sancho who was responsible...