Bills filed to prevent more abuses Strapping a video camera around his neck, Jeffrey Marcus Gray entered the offices of Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida on June 16, and secretly recorded conversations with employees. The room was where people in need of housing or mental health services or those suffering from AIDS waited for […]
Following FCIR Story, New Legislation Proposed as Citizens Awareness Foundation Suspends Operations – FCIR
Two Florida legislators proposed bills this week in the state Senate and House that would amend the public records laws to protect private companies doing business with state agencies. Open records advocates say the bills as written would impede access to public records. The legislation, filed by state Sen. Wilton Simpson and Rep. Halsey Beshears, […]
Florida nonprofit’s ties to law firm questioned after dozens of lawsuits filed – Naples Daily News
The nonprofit Citizens Awareness Foundation was founded to “empower citizens to exercise their right to know,” according to its mission statement. The South Florida millionaire backing the foundation hired one of the state’s most prominent public records activists to run it, rented office space, and pledged to pay the legal fees to make sure people […]
