By Eliot Kleinberg WEST PALM BEACH — For new Palm Beach County Mayor Mary Lou Berger, the honeymoon lasted about 20 minutes. At the County Commission’s Nov. 17 meeting, during the public comments segment, just after colleagues named Berger to the mostly-ceremonial post, she proposed procedural changes that not everyone likes. [Read More]
Our View: Sunshine is the solution – Panama City News Herald
The best disinfectant for a corrupt government always has been sunshine. It is Sunshine Week in Florida — a celebration and a reminder of this state’s open records law known collectively as the Sunshine Laws. Essentially, emails and other written communication about the public’s business should be preserved by the politicians and their staff and […]