The Cutler Bay Town Council has unanimously approved a resolution to settle with Citizens Awareness Foundation Inc. (CAFI) regarding claims that the town violated Florida’s public records law. CAFI served the town with a lawsuit on Feb. 13 after its executive director, Joel Chandler, entered the clerk’s office at City Hall and requested a record […]
Clerk forces journalist’s public records lawsuit that challenges high fees to trial on June 3 – Watchdog City
The public records lawsuit filed by journalist Gina Edwards that challenges high fees charged by Collier Clerk of Courts Dwight Brock is headed to trial June 3. Brock has forced the trial at taxpayers’ expense by seeking to overturn Collier Circuit Judge Fred Hardt’s March ruling in favor of Edwards, who publishes the digital newspaper […]
Mark Ferrulo: Government in the shadows, not the sunshine – Context Florida
Secret meetings. Deleted emails. Hiding documents from the public. Perhaps nothing exemplifies Florida’s “Government in the Shadows” under Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican Party of Florida more than the ongoing legal battle over redistricting. The redistricting trial is exposing the partisan hijinks and shady backroom conniving that enabled Republican leaders to pick their voters […]