SARASOTA – City commissioners voted unanimously Monday afternoon to accept a $3.2 million settlement from BP for damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Commissioners met with City Attorney Robert Fournier and attorneys William Robertson and Steven Teppler to review BP’s offer during a private meeting, as allowed under Florida’s open government law. […]
Did school board violate Sunshine Law with private Arne Duncan huddle? – Palm Beach Post
The Palm Beach Post’s education reporting team of Andrew Marra and Sonja Isger notes that, notwithstanding Florida’s Sunshine Law, five of seven Palm Beach County school board members met privately Monday with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and talked briefly about federal education policy, charter schools and the board’s search for a new superintendent. The closed-to-the-public huddle took place before Duncan spoke at a […]
