02/11/16 – BY WCJB-TV Staff State attorney Bill Cervone is reviewing claims that two county commissioners violated Florida’s sunshine law. A complaint was filed with Cervone’s office Wednesday morning stating that chair Robert “hutch” Hutchinson and commissioner Ken Cornell were present when public matters were discussed in private. [Read More]
Editorial: Cops and cameras – The Gainesville Sun
We live in an age when everything we do can be recorded and played back repeatedly. That lesson was brought home by the horrific cellphone video of South Carolina resident Walter Scott being shot to death while fleeing from a police officer. The video undoubtedly led to the officer being charged with murder. Locally, we […]
GOP Redistricting Docs Go Before The Florida Supreme Court – FCIR
A legal challenge over whether documents related to the Florida Legislature’s 2012 effort to redraw the state’s congressional districts can be made public is now before the state’s Supreme Court justices. The first hearing on the matter began Friday. The Florida League of Women Voters and a group of individuals sued the Florida Legislature alleging […]