01/01/16

Over the years, Florida lawmakers have steadily chipped away at their constituents’ constitutional right of access to government by approving hundreds of exceptions to the state’s open-records and open-meetings laws. But now a couple of lawmakers are proposing to trade in their chisels for sledgehammers.

If their colleagues in the Legislature really believe in open government — starting with Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli — they won’t stand for it. [Read More]