Honestly, chances are you’ve never stood up on a street corner soapbox to blast your government or produced a pamphlet like Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense.” That doesn’t mean you value any less the rights of free speech and a free press. Likewise, you may never have made a public-records request. Regardless, you should be concerned […]
City should get to know ‘public forum doctrine’
Re: “Conduct city business with order and civility” (My View, March 28, Tallahassee Democrat). Mike Sittig is right. Local government commission meetings should be conducted in an orderly and civil manner, and people should refrain from “launching off-topic personal attacks and spreading rumors about elected officials” at a public meeting. But to the extent the […]
Legislation could broaden public records law
By Larry Hannan Curtis Lee has spent thousands of dollars battling a city pension fund over public records. So he’s happy to see the Florida Legislature take up a bill to broaden the open records law and make it easier for people to get information from their government. “There’s no upside to filing a public […]