The Herald-Tribune’s Dale White March 16, 2017 As one of the panelists at a Manatee Tiger Bay Club forum on public records and meetings laws, Manatee County Attorney Mickey Palmer polled the audience. “Raise your hand if you believe Florida’s public records act is a generally good thing?” Palmer asked. Most of the roughly 50 […]
Does Florida need to tweak its Sunshine laws?
by Bradenton Herald’s Claire Aronson March 16, 2017 While Florida’s Sunshine laws are generally a good thing, there are citizens and lawyers representing those citizens who abuse Florida’s Public Records Law, according to a prominent Manatee County attorney. “We have a conundrum on our hands,” said Mickey Palmer, who said he was not speaking Thursday […]
Open records group appeals Susan Chapman case
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 […]
