Public News Service November 15, 2017 Social media is for more than just keeping in touch with friends and family and sharing funny memes. It also can be used to hold a public official’s feet to the fire. Open government advocates are urging people to adjust to modern communication by doing more with their social […]
Public or private? Sabatini’s Facebook posts draw scrutiny
The Daily Commercial by Roxanne Brown August 29, 2017 Eustis City Commissioner Anthony Sabatini, who recently caused a stir by offering Eustis as a home for unwanted Confederate monuments, now is drawing fire from some city residents for deleting their comments about the controversy from his Facebook page. And experts in public records law say […]
Board members should wise up, keep government business off Facebook
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 […]
