In town today for a court hearing, cable television personality Jane Velez-Mitchell asked Hendry County Administrator Charles Chapman what he’s hiding. Hendry county asked Circuit Judge James D. Sloan to dismiss a suit against them over a county commissioner and building and zoning officials’ secret meetings and correspondence that changed agricultural zoning regulations to allow […]
News organizations fight for access to records in redistricting case. – The Gainesville Sun
The nonprofit First Amendment Foundation and a coalition of news organizations plan to mount a legal battle for access to the records that a Leon County judge relied on in throwing out two redrawn congressional districts as unconstitutional. This week attorneys representing the group that includes Halifax Media Group, which owns The Gainesville Sun and […]
Voting-rights groups blast Legislature for secrecy, favoritism in drawing congressional districts – The Florida Times-Union
Closing arguments in landmark trial TALLAHASSEE | A state judge has the power to decide that Florida’s congressional districts were illegally drawn to favor Republicans — and he should do just that, a coalition of voting-rights organizations argues in written closing arguments. In arguing that the districts violate a voter-approved Constitutional amendment specifically prohibiting such […]
