[VIEW PDF VERSION] 5 January 2018 The Honorable Byron Donalds Florida House of Representatives 402 South Monroe Street, Room 1101 The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Re: HB 439/Exemption – Imminent Litigation Dear Representative Donalds: We are writing to express our opposition to HB 439 expanding the exemption under s. 286.011(8), F.S, for meetings at which […]
Five Bills That Would Erode Florida’s Public Records Law
by Miami New Times’ Brittany Shammas March 16, 2017 Florida has one of the most expansive public records laws in the nation. Yet our fearless leaders in Tallahassee don’t seem too fond of it. Gov. Rick Scott in 2015 agreed to fork over $1 million in taxpayer money to settle allegations he violated the Florida […]
Sunshine Week, with clouds
Fort Myers Florida Weekly by Roger Williams March 15, 2017 “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion … or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” — First Amendment, United States Constitution That damn First Amendment. It keeps getting in the way of shadowy government corruption. It keeps insisting on […]
