Gov. Rick Scott’s firing of Gerald Bailey as commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last year wasn’t just a political bungle. The way it was carried out violated the spirit, if not the letter, of the state’s open meeting laws. If anything good came out of it, though, it’s that the governor and […]
House GOP caucus a ‘history lesson,’ not a violation of open meeting law – PalmBeachPost.com
House Republicans held a rare, closed-door caucus before today’s session discussing Medicaid expansion and a pending health-care bill in the Senate. Speaker Steve Crisafulli was heard through the door telling members to “trust us” in holding the line against the Senate’s Florida Health Insurance Exchange, a privatized form of Medicaid expansion. Crisafulli also told his […]
Florida Senate considers shielding video from police body cameras – Tampa Bay Times
As activists and law enforcement push for officer-worn cameras as a way to inject more transparency into policing, the Florida Senate is poised to shield those videos from the public. Critics say the proposed law — part of a widespread legislative push to keep more records private — would keep the public in the dark […]
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