02/09/16 – By Mona Shand While no one disputes Floridians have a constitutional right to access public documents, the debate over how to crack down on a small number of abusers of that right is much more controversial. State law dictates if a person sues the government for violating public records access and wins, they’ll […]
Frank Denton: Eroding your rights, two letters at a time – The Florida Times-Union
01/30/16 – By Frank Denton Thirty-nine minutes. That’s how long it took the Florida Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability Tuesday to cavalierly bless a change in state law that is only one word but would profoundly weaken your right to see your public records. I, apparently, would have been granted the 40th minute, […]
Florida’s public-records law is strong. Here are 5 ways lawmakers want to weaken it – Columbia Journalism Review
It’s something of a springtime ritual: Florida legislators pushing bills designed to limit the state’s public-records law, long considered one of the strongest in the country. This year, lawmakers have filed more than three dozen bills to create exemptions in the expansive law—prompting some attentive coverage from the state press corps, and some pushback from […]
