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 […]
Tampa city council member faces public records lawsuit
A Tampa city council member has been sued over the public records law. As Charlie Frago of the Tampa Bay Times reports, a development consultant claims council member John Dingfelder failed to respond to a public records requests, supplying only some of the requested emails. Read the complaint here.
Watchdogs want data on campaign spending – Tampa Bay Online
In campaign finance, what goes in must come out. Contributions and who gives them get all the scrutiny but less attention is paid to expenditures: What the campaigns do with all the money they take in. In Florida, candidates and committees are required to list only the most basic information about their expenses despite the […]
