This being Sunshine Week, it is easy to surrender to the urge to wail and moan over how many more exemptions the Florida Legislature will carve out of our vaunted open government laws this spring, thus sealing off more information to the public. As the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee has tabulated, lawmakers are entertaining […]
Clerk forces journalist’s public records lawsuit that challenges high fees to trial on June 3 – Watchdog City
The public records lawsuit filed by journalist Gina Edwards that challenges high fees charged by Collier Clerk of Courts Dwight Brock is headed to trial June 3. Brock has forced the trial at taxpayers’ expense by seeking to overturn Collier Circuit Judge Fred Hardt’s March ruling in favor of Edwards, who publishes the digital newspaper […]