Miami Herald by Monique O. Madan November 13, 2017 Nearly five years ago, Fane Lozman won a landmark case in the Supreme Court when the justices ruled that his houseboat was not a boat, but his floating home, and that a Palm Beach County city wrongly seized and destroyed it by using maritime laws. On […]
Archives for November 15, 2017
Water district exempts panel from Sunshine Law, allows members to talk outside meetings
TC Palm by Lucas Daprille November 14, 2017 The South Florida Water Management District has changed an advisory commission to an “analysis coalition” so it doesn’t have to follow the state’s Sunshine Law. The district rewrote the Water Resources Advisory Commission’s charter — and renamed it the Water Resources Analysis Coalition — to change it from a body that […]
‘Deeply troubling,’ First Amendment Foundation calls Hagan request
WTSP by Noah Pransky November 14, 2017 A state watchdog says it is “deeply troubling” that Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan is seeking reimbursement from four citizens for legal bills that stemmed from ethics complaints against him. The state recently ruled there was no probable cause of the alleged 2015 ethics violations, related to a 10Investigates series detailing Hagan’s close relationship […]