Gov. Rick Scott believes state government should be transparent. When it suits his agenda. Florida’s governor and his staff have been quick, for example, to post online the salaries of state employees and requests made for public documents. Yet a lawsuit settled last week underscored the Scott administration’s duplicity on transparency. The suit revealed that […]
Lawmakers quit early but still damaged public records, Orlando Sentinel
Politicians in Tallahassee bickered about almost everything this year. Except when it comes to your constitutional right to access public information. On that, they agree you should have less access. Lawmakers did a lot of damage to public records this year. They found 13 new ways to limit government transparency and renewed seven more exemptions […]
Bill would close access to some surveillance video – The Tampa Tribune
A measure before the Legislature would slap a “top secret” stamp on surveillance video held by neighborhood development districts but opposition is growing in Hillsborough County. Tampa’s Westchase Community Development District passed a resolution earlier this month urging lawmakers to vote against the Senate and House bills, SB 962/HB 537. The district straddles West Linebaugh […]
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