02/05/16 By Frank Fernandez
A bill open records watchdogs say would gut Floridians’ right to public information continues moving through the Legislature.
House Bill 1021, filed by Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, and its senate companion by Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah, would “eviscerate” the state’s public records with the worst change in a quarter of a century, said Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation.
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