Today’s paper carried an interesting story about the newest public-records hubbub from the county that brought you “Textgate.” The story — “Judge: Orange County must hand over IP addresses in Dropbox case” — makes it clear that the county has already been hiding something it shouldn’t have. What we learn next makes all the difference. […]
Breaking!!!!!!!!: Organize Now Wins Dropbox Lawsuit Over County
HEY YOU GUYS!!!!! Sometimes right beats might and the actual human beings who are challenging their local government get to see their expensive ambitions played to fruition. TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. We wrote at length last week about the suit Organize Now (of Textgate fame) brought against Orange County over a Dropbox account and its […]
Jacobs must open records to public: My Word – Orlando Sentinel
Remember “textgate”? In 2012, an advocacy group discovered that Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and four commissioners were exchanging cellphone text messages with others and then deleting them. Ultimately, the county officials were fined for violating the public-records law. Now that same advocacy group — Organize Now — has uncovered another potential technology-based public-records scandal, […]
