It was a small thing, or so it seemed. Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole talked with a fellow member of Milton’s Downtown Redevelopment Advisory Board about a board nomination before a Jan. 15 meeting got underway. Because the discussion didn’t take place in an open meeting, it occurred “out of the sunshine” — that […]
Florida activist confronts businesses in mission to preserve open records compliance – The St. Augustine Record
At the Sarasota office of Boro Building and Property Maintenance, a polite but persistent man with a video camera asks to see the company’s contract to provide janitorial services to a state agency. “You can’t come here asking me for a contract,” says the man at the front desk. “I need to see some ID […]
Public has right to know what government agencies are doing – Victoria Advocate
With the 10th anniversary of Sunshine Week, a couple of themes become apparent in a review of pending state legislation affecting the public’s right to know. First, the rush to equip police officers with body cameras throws new light on the long-running tension between privacy rights and public-access rights. Current Oklahoma law, for example, makes […]
