Brevard County Commissioners want to change their public records request policies. As Ralph Chapoco of Florida Today reports, the first change would allow the county to combine similar requests made by one person. The second change would prohibit the county from fulfilling future requests from a person if they have any unpaid invoices. Daniela Abratt […]
Court rules agency cannot permanently ban requestor over unpaid invoice
The Second District Court of Appeals ruled that an agency can not permanently ban a person from making public records request over an unpaid invoice. In May 2018, Zachary Smith submitted a public records request to the State Attorney’s Office for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit related to his conviction. The Office sent him an invoice […]
City council member agrees to resign over public records lawsuit
Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder agreed to resign from his elected position. As WFLA reports, the resignation is part of a legal settlement with a government consultant over access to public records. The consultant, Steve Michielini, sued Dingfelder last October, claiming the councilman violated the Public Records Act and used his wife’s email account to […]
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