November 10, 2016 – The News Service of Florida Backroom Briefing by Jim Saunders and Jim Turner When Florida lawmakers approved changes in 2013 to the campaign-finance system, the effort was repeatedly billed as a way to increase transparency. But in Tallahassee, as shown during this year’s elections, transparency is a relative concept — especially […]
Lawyer’s hiring by Cabinet in Sunshine Law case raises new openness questions – Miami Herald
Accused of Sunshine Law open meeting violations, Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet members Tuesday hired a law firm to represent them — an action that in itself should have been handled more openly, some lawyers said. In a nine-minute meeting, the four statewide officials voted to spend up to $50,000 of tax dollars with the […]