After each pre-trial court appearance, he and his wife - who never doubted his innocence - would scour the local papers to make sure nothing had been written about the case.
They can provide data and transparency, research and evaluation, and political cover that permits local leaders to act, and they can scour their books to strike rules that hamstring hard-charging principals and superintendents.
Instead of just searching local networks and familiar territory, creativity requires the system to scour distant corners, odd memories, long forgotten jokes.