By Jim Rosica The Tallahassee-based First Amendment Foundation, the state’s public records and open meetings watchdog, is considering a partnership with The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg. Foundation President Barbara Petersen told FloridaPolitics.com the two groups are working on an agreement in which Poynter, a nonprofit journalism education organization, “will assume all of the Foundation’s administrative responsibilities.” […]
Scott should pay for own mistakes – The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Gov. Rick Scott is being held accountable for violating Florida’s Sunshine Law, but state taxpayers are the ones who are paying the price for his actions — literally. Scott recently agreed to settle seven lawsuits that accused him of using private email to skirt the state’s public-records laws regarding a plan to buy a building […]
The Sunshine Law and Open Government -Mount Dora Citizen
Open Government Comes With Sunshine (And Shadows) US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Fortunately for us, Florida has some of the cleanest, most effective open government laws in the country. But problems with enforcement and outright abuse of its Sunshine Laws leave citizens still somewhat in the dark. […]
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