Tallahassee Democrat by Jeffrey Schweers January 3, 2018 The City Commission unanimously approved a landmark settlement agreement with the Tallahassee Democrat Wednesday over a lawsuit alleging public records law violations related to deleted text messages. As part of the agreement, the city admits it violated the Florida Public Records Act when it failed to produce text messages of former […]
City of Tallahassee, Democrat forge settlement agreement over public records suit
Tallahassee Democrat by Jeffrey Schweers January 2, 2018 City of Tallahassee and Tallahassee Democrat attorneys have negotiated a settlement over a lawsuit alleging city officials violated the Florida Public Records Act that could set a precedent for other local governments across the state. Tallahassee Democrat Publisher Skip Foster said the newspaper had to seek the judgment to […]
Tallahassee Democrat sues city over deleted texts; city ‘committed to doing better’
Tallahassee Democrat by Jeffrey Schweers November 29, 2017 The lawsuit filed in Leon Circuit Court puts in motion a process where the city and Democrat negotiate a consent order to develop policies and procedures to preserve text messages and produce them when requested. It also would make public all texts sent or received on a city-issued […]
