State Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, has filed a bill to temporarily exempt from the state’s strict Sunshine Law unsolicited proposals that could be done as part of a public-private partnership. House Bill 65 would exempt such proposals relating to public infrastructure or facilities from open records and meetings requirements under certain circumstances, according to the […]
Town settles lawsuit over public records – Miami Herald
The Cutler Bay Town Council has unanimously approved a resolution to settle with Citizens Awareness Foundation Inc. (CAFI) regarding claims that the town violated Florida’s public records law. CAFI served the town with a lawsuit on Feb. 13 after its executive director, Joel Chandler, entered the clerk’s office at City Hall and requested a record […]
Eroded
What’s that you hear? It might be the sound of mice in your walls. Or maybe it’s just the Florida Legislature, slowly gnawing away at the idea of open government. In the recently ended regular session, legislators passed 22 new open-government exemptions, according to Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation. If you’re keeping […]
