Or maybe not such a new idea Boel filed open records requests with local governments, universities and school systems asking if they had any contracts with Coleman or the Justice Resource Center or the Black Chamber of Commerce. Boel discovered that-from 1998 through 2002-the Justice Resource Center and the Black Chamber of Commerce were paid nearly $500,000 under those contracts to "identify and inform minority contractors about construction projects." Boel's investigation revealed that Coleman's