Winter Park Mayor Steve Leary is sending a clear message to anyone who cares about transparency in local government: Suckerrrrr!!! Leary orchestrated a series of one-on-one meetings with three out of four city commissioners — a way to sidestep the nuisance of actually debating public business in front of the public. Well played, Mr. Mayor. […]
Time for Scott, Cabinet to commit to sunshine – Orlando Sentinel
The Florida First Amendment Foundation has issued a score card that stamps a red, frowning face on bad bills the Legislature approved during this year’s regular session. The score card contains four of those scarlet visages — each denoting a new instance of lawmakers hiding information from Floridians about their government. But those bad bills […]
Cabinet should admit fault in secrecy case – Sun Sentinel
The Florida First Amendment Foundation issued a scorecard that stamps a red frowny face on bad bills the Legislature approved during its regular session. The scorecard contains four of those sad, scarlet visages –— each indicating a new way that Florida officials have concocted to keep information away from regular Floridians. We’ll talk about some […]
