BARTOW — Plans to make court records available online to the public have been delayed by at least three months. Polk County Clerk of Courts Stacy Butterfield said residents won’t be able to access court records until mid-November. She had previously said the the new system would be available Aug. 1. Butterfield said it took […]
Sunshine Week: Keeping Records Accessible – TheLedger.com
This being Sunshine Week, it is easy to surrender to the urge to wail and moan over how many more exemptions the Florida Legislature will carve out of our vaunted open government laws this spring, thus sealing off more information to the public. As the First Amendment Foundation in Tallahassee has tabulated, lawmakers are entertaining […]
