Tallahassee Democrat by Arek Sarkissian August 25, 2017 House Speaker Richard Corcoran wants a dozen tourism offices to show how they spent more than $550 million in locally collected taxpayer dollars after they stepped away from VISIT FLORIDA to avoid new transparency rules. On Friday, Corcoran sent letters to the 12 tourism development councils, saying he […]
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Visit Orlando hides spending records for millions of tax dollars
Orlando Sentinel column by Scott Maxwell August 25, 2017 Three decades ago, local leaders wanted to do more to promote Orlando as a vacation destination. Basically, the tourism industry was tired of paying for all its own advertising. So chamber-of-commerce types teamed up with county commissioners to launch a convention and visitors bureau in 1986 […]
Victory in the Ninth Circuit for FAC and for Government Transparency
August 25, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact David Snyder, Executive Director, 415-460-5060, dsnyder@firstamendmentcoalition.org The First Amendment Coalition today secured an important victory in its long-running fight with the U.S. Department of Justice to bring to public light legal memos analyzing the use of drone strikes to kill American citizens abroad. In a unanimous ruling, a […]
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