Madeira Beach and four commission members are accused of violating the Sunshine Law and conducting city business in private. A lawsuit alleges that commissioners made the decision to hire a city attorney outside of public view and without public input. As Lauren Peace of the Tampa Bay Times reports, the plaintiff has successfully brought two […]
Lawsuits from public records group are a nuisance, Florida cities say – Tampa Bay Times
It starts with a demand that a low-level city employee produce a public record on the spot. Or with an email to a private company demanding invoices relating to a public agency. Often, it ends with a lawsuit. For more than a year, government officials all over Florida and the vendors they do business with […]
Lawsuits from public records group are a nuisance, Florida cities say – Tampa Bay Times
It starts with a demand that a low-level city employee produce a public record on the spot. Or with an email to a private company demanding invoices relating to a public agency. Often, it ends with a lawsuit. For more than a year, government officials all over Florida and the vendors they do business with […]