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Bert Fish to re-do merger meetings - Daytona Beach News-Journal

Bert Fish to re-do merger meetings
Daytona Beach News-Journal
The so-called "cure" for possible violations of Florida's Sunshine Law, as one attorney called it, won't stop a lawsuit filed by the Bert Fish Foundation ...

Port Richey's police chief needs a crash course on public records - Tampabay.com

Port Richey's police chief needs a crash course on public records
Tampabay.com
That would make his roadblock to Council inquiries an intentional attempt to sidestep Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine law. Council members and the city ...

How Solid Is Your Clouded Data? - Campus Technology

How Solid Is Your Clouded Data?
Campus Technology
... who added that schools in Florida, for example, must comply with the state's sunshine law, which requires all state, county, and municipal records to be ...

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Businessman alleges Sunshine violation - Daily Commercial

Businessman alleges Sunshine violation
Daily Commercial
MOUNT DORA -- A businessman has written a complaint that three Mount Dora City Council members violated Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine Law. ...

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Bert Fish Board Withheld Transcripts - Becker's Hospital Review

Bert Fish Board Withheld Transcripts
Becker's Hospital Review
According to the report, the lawyers for the Bert Fish Foundation said the closed-door discussions "evince a culture of contempt for the Sunshine Law," and ...

Citrus Industry Is Open, Scrappy - The Ledger

Citrus Industry Is Open, Scrappy
The Ledger
... hundreds and hundreds of meetings, seminars and workshops in which these decisions were made, in public, during Florida Sunshine Law-noticed meetings. ...

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Refresher course offered on open records laws - Pensacola News Journal

Refresher course offered on open records laws
Pensacola News Journal
Florida's Sunshine Law establishes public access to most meetings of boards, commissions and other governing bodies at the state and local level and makes ...

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Bert Fish board feared takeover - Daytona Beach News-Journal

Bert Fish board feared takeover
Daytona Beach News-Journal
... of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, said voting in closed session is not allowed under the Sunshine Law. ...

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Merger will benefit the community - Daytona Beach News-Journal

Merger will benefit the community
Daytona Beach News-Journal
... News Journal has reported, there are questions being raised about whether the board's deliberation process met all aspects of the Florida Sunshine Law. ...

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Community Life: Housing statutes have their own sunshine rules - The News-Press

Community Life: Housing statutes have their own sunshine rules
The News-Press
What part of the Florida Sunshine Law pertains to us? DD (via e-mail) A: Technically speaking, Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes (the law which generally ...