The First Amendment Foundation will honor Lucy Morgan with the creation of the Lucy Morgan Award for Open Government Reporting. The award’s namesake is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) who broke countless stories using public records. The award honors a Florida journalist who smartly uses public […]
Archives for November 9, 2017
City commission approves leave for City Manager Fernandez
Tallahassee Democrat by Jeffrey Schweers November 8, 2017 The City Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to grant City Manager Rick Fernandez a paid administrative leave of absence but will revisit the decision at its Dec. 6 meeting. The board also unanimously approved the appointment of Deputy City Manager Reese Goad as interim city manager. Fernandez took […]
City reverses course, will post FBI records on website without $22,000 charge
Tallahassee Democrat by Jeffrey Schweers November 8, 2017 The Tallahassee City Commission voted 4-1 Wednesday to make available for free all public records the city has provided to a federal grand jury in connection with an ongoing public corruption investigation. Mayor Andrew Gillum made the motion that, given the overwhelming public interest, all records that have been compiled […]