In his Depression-era work “The People, Yes,” the fine poet Carl Sandburg wrote, “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” In lieu of pounding and yelling, we suppose, […]
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Pointing to “a series of unfortunate incidents,” media companies and other open-government backers filed an emergency motion Monday seeking to assure that Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet will preserve electronic information about the ouster of former Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey. The motion came in a lawsuit filed earlier this […]