Palm Beach Post by Hannah Morse
Two Palm Beach County lawmakers earned Fs in the Sunshine Scorecard for their votes on public record bills from the 2019 legislative session.
Palm Beach County lawmakers on average did a lackluster job when it came to voting in favor of open government bills during the last legislative session.
But two lawmakers representing portions of the county— state Sens. Bobby Powell, D-West Palm Beach, and Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart — earned F grades.
The Sunshine Scorecard project, in its third year, is compiled by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. State lawmakers earned or lost points based on how they voted on a selection of “critical government openness bills.” Extra points were given if the lawmaker sponsored pro-sunshine bills, or made changes to bills that sought to exempt records.
