TC Palm Editorial May 25, 2017 Here’s what happened: Three members of the same public board discussed potential government business on a social media site. If the three were doing the same via email, or talking in a hallway or by conference call, there would be no question Florida’s Sunshine Law had been violated. Yet some […]
Did panel members’ Facebook chat about reservoir break Florida Sunshine law?
TC Palm by Tyler Treadway May 19, 2017 Facebook conversations about a proposed Lake Okeechobee reservoir appears to violate Florida’s sunshine laws because it involved three members of a South Florida Water Management District advisory board, according to the First Amendment Foundation. Nyla Pipes of Port St. Lucie, Newton Earl Cook of Tequesta and Mikhael Elfenbein of […]
Investigation: Human waste fertilizes farms, but fuels toxic algae blooms
Deregulated “Fertilizer” Contains Same Nitrogen & Phosphorus as Regulated “Sludge” by TCPalm’s Lucas Daprile ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION TCPalm examined maps, databases and wastewater treatment plant shipping records to determine where human waste is being dumped. Our exclusive analysis is the first of its kind since the state stopped collecting this data in 2010, three years […]
