August 20, 2016 – Miami Herald by Carol Marbin Miller and David Ovalle When Marjorie Dufrene’s hyperactive, developmentally disabled son refused to concentrate on his homework on Thanksgiving Day of 2011, she beat him with a belt so severely that he required surgery to restore vision to his left eye. When, two months later, the […]
At Florida Department of Children & Families, the sun don’t shine
June 27, 2016 – Florida Politics by Florence Snyder The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is not the worst offender in Florida’s never-ending War on Open Government. It just gets caught in the act more often than fellow offenders at the state, county and municipal levels. That’s because DCF is one of the few agencies left […]