ABC Action News by Matt Winer March 30, 2017 There is “abundant evidence” that Hillsborough’s Public Transportation Commission is “playing fast and loose” with Florida’s sunshine laws, according to a Sarasota lawyer who has sued the county’s beleaguered regulator of taxis, tow trucks and other vehicles-for-hire. The suit, filed by attorney Andrea Mogensen, has once […]
FDLE backs off plan to seal phone records in PTC records lawsuit as criminal investigation proceeds
“The PTC needs more, not less transparency; FDLE’s motion to seal public records does not accomplish that goal,” said Mogensen. “The public is entitled to know what its government has been up to.” by the Tampa Bay Times’ Christopher O’Donnell February 15, 2017 One day after asking a judge to seal records at the center […]
Emails show PTC, taxi cab collaboration not the first time
October 20, 2016 – Tampa Bay Times by Christopher O’Donnell The Public Transportation Commission is already under fire for using workers from taxicab and limousine firms in May sting operations targeting drivers from their competitors, Uber and Lyft. But emails obtained by the Tampa Bay Times show the stings were not the first collaboration between […]