Attorneys of the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast and Brevard County Clerk of Courts Scott Ellis appeared before a Florida appellate court panel today, in a high-profile case involving the extent to which the EDC’s records should be public. The EDC wants the appellate court to reverse a March 2014 ruling by then-Circuit […]
As Ohio mandates more disclosure from private college police, ESPN appeals for Indiana to do the same – Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
While the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision last week that private colleges’ police forces must make their records available to the public upon request, ESPN is appealing an Indiana court’s ruling that the sports cable channel was not entitled to obtain police records from the University of Notre Dame. St. Joseph Superior […]
Editor’s Note: Contracted phone services skirt public records law, The Coastal Star
Let me say up front that this is not about the former Ocean Ridge police chief. It is not even about what led up to his more-than-$80,000 settlement with the town. This is about the right of taxpayers to know how the government they support operates. It should be simple: File a public records request […]
