It’s impossible to know whether Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a private email account to conduct business as secretary of state is a serious scandal or merely a tempest in a teapot. Impossible, because Clinton and her aides have ducked the most important questions. Yes, secretaries of state are allowed to use personal email accounts. […]
Nickens: Why the Times joined the lawsuit against the governor and Cabinet – Tampa Bay Times
It should not have come to this. Citizens, good government groups and news media organizations should not have to file a lawsuit to force someone to examine whether Florida’s highest elected officials violated the Sunshine Law. Yet last week 14 plaintiffs (including Times Publishing Co., which publishes the Tampa Bay Times) filed an amended lawsuit that […]
Viewpoint: Florida in the dark – The Pensacola News Journal
The state of Florida is recognized worldwide as The Sunshine State, and that recognition applies not just to the sun that warms our heartland and beaches, it has also come to describe a state government that is open and accessible to all citizens, most clearly expressed in our state’s Sunshine and Open Government laws. But […]
