Facing a lawsuit over allegations that they violated Florida’s open-meeting laws, Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet on Tuesday began advancing a plan to formalize the public process for the hiring and firing of agency heads under their joint control. The controversy began with the forced resignation in December of Gerald Bailey, the former head […]
Editorial: A lesson in open government in Florida – Tampa Bay Times
They routinely attract little public attention or news coverage. Yet last week’s meeting of aides to the governor and Cabinet illustrates the importance of Florida’s public meetings law. Only by requiring that the public’s business be conducted in public can Floridians know what elected officials are up to and assess the potential impact. For example, […]
Gov. Scott talks — briefly — about agency reviews, immigration, personal email, school testing, … – Tampa Bay Times
Gov. Rick Scott visited St. Petersburg’s Jagged Peak Thursday morning as part of an ongoing, statewide campaign to highlight job creators. Afterward, in a brief, five-minute Q&A with the media, Scott addressed a few questions in the news, including a brewing disagreement with the Florida Cabinet about next week’s process to review and possibly get […]
