Right now, any person can request copies of police body camera video, recorded by Fort Myers or Cape Coral officers. That is, unless the video is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the same as any public record. But a new bill, passed in the Florida Senate this week, would restrict access to body cam videos […]
Sunshine law not the panacea when it comes to picking a college president – Sun-Sentinel
Regarding your recent editorial condemning SB 182, which would exempt the names of potential candidates for state university presidencies from the Sunshine Laws until the last 10 days. My mind flashed to Harvard’s David Reisman who wrote that Florida’s Sunshine Law was akin to “a Search and Destroy Process.” Reisman emphasized that although sometimes willing […]
To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients – The New York Times
Lillian Palermo tried to prepare for the worst possibilities of aging. An insurance executive with a Ph.D. in psychology and a love of ballroom dancing, she arranged for her power of attorney and health care proxy to go to her husband, Dino, eight years her junior, if she became incapacitated. And in her 80s, she […]
