At the Sarasota office of Boro Building and Property Maintenance, a polite but persistent man with a video camera asks to see the company’s contract to provide janitorial services to a state agency. “You can’t come here asking me for a contract,” says the man at the front desk. “I need to see some ID […]
Florida editorial roundup – Bradenton Herald
Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of the Associated Press, nails it on our Other Views page: “The Freedom of Information Act and state open-records laws are powerful reporting tools. But it’s important to remember that they don’t exist just for journalists. They are there for everyone.” Floridians, especially, should take his words to heart, because […]
Our View: Sunshine is the solution – Panama City News Herald
The best disinfectant for a corrupt government always has been sunshine. It is Sunshine Week in Florida — a celebration and a reminder of this state’s open records law known collectively as the Sunshine Laws. Essentially, emails and other written communication about the public’s business should be preserved by the politicians and their staff and […]
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