For a second time within two years Lakeland taxpayers have been forced to cough up a princely sum for lawyers embroiled in a public-records dispute involving the city’s police department. Last year, the city doled out $225,000 in a failed effort to keep confidential a damaging grand jury report on the then-scandal-ridden department that determined […]
Support grows for EDC records to be open – Florida Today
At least six media organizations plan to file a legal brief in support of Brevard County Clerk of Courts Scott Ellis in his court action aimed at assuring that records of the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast are public. “This is a very important case,” said Barbara Petersen, president of the Florida First […]
Media groups support Clerk of Courts in public records dispute – Florida Today
At least six media organizations plan to file a legal brief in support of Brevard County Clerk of Courts Scott Ellis in his court action aimed at assuring that records of the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast are public. “This is a very important case,” said Barbara Petersen, president of the Florida First […]
