The search for university presidents will still be conducted in the sunshine, at least for another year. The Legislature failed to exempt the process from public records laws. The bill would have protected applicants’ names, credentials and salaries. Supporters worry the best candidates don’t apply because they don’t want their bosses to know they’re looking […]
Editorial: Dark clouds over government in the sunshine – Tampa Bay Times
There are the familiar, such as the annual attempt to keep secret the names of applicants to become university presidents. There are the new, such as the broad public records exemption sought for videos from body cameras worn by police. There are the unnecessary, such as efforts to keep email addresses secret. And there are […]
Bill Takes College Searches Out Of Sunshine – WFSU
Fallout from the appointment of Florida State University President John Thrasher continued Tuesday as a House panel voted to take the academic recruiting process behind closed doors. Democrats, FSU faculty and open government advocates are strongly opposed. Representative Neil Combee, a Republican from Polk County, isn’t sure whether Florida’s public records laws scare away potential […]