by Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s Zack Murdock November 20, 2016 Citizens for Sunshine has appealed a judge’s ruling last summer clearing City Commissioner Susan Chapman of any Sunshine Law violations for a private meeting she and another Sarasota city commissioner attended more than three years ago. Late last month the public records advocacy group asked the Florida […]
Sunshine ruling shows law’s ambiguity
July 11, 2016 – The Herald Tribune Editorial Circuit Judge Brian A. Iten’s ruling last week applied the narrow definition of Florida’s open-government law in favor of Sarasota City Commissioner Susan Chapman — rejecting broader applications used by other courts and cited by the plaintiffs. The decision and this case, which divided the commission and […]
