Many Web links are born to die. Even if that should happen with those below, this list can still be of value.

Use it to help locate important stories about freedom of information in Florida and sometimes elsewhere. Obtain the story through the archives or back issues of the news organization involved, try the headline or keywords in a search engine for another link, or use Lexis-Nexis or other databases that might be available to you or through your local library.

June 28, 2006

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Tampa Tribune, WFLA-TV and Media General win hearing before judge can seal documents …
Palm Beach Post, by Susan Spencer-Wendel: Forty-one cases super sealed in Palm Beach County courts since 2001 …
St. Petersburg Times, by Chris Tisch: Pinellas court clerk says court files sealed in error, sets new policy …

June 27, 2006

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*Naples Daily News, by Kristen Zambo: Lee County Sheriff’s Office won’t investigate who shared with the press audio recordings of interviews with man suspected in killings (*free registration required)…
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Law must protect personal data from the wrong people …

June 25, 2006

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Hernando Today editorial: Governor’s veto on public records bill is another blow to your access of public information …
Palm Beach Post, by Alan Gomez: Bush’s veto of open records bill disappoints freedom of information advocates …
Florida Today editorial: Bush betrayed the public with veto of public records bill …

June 22, 2006

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Associated Press, by Bill Kaczor: Bush vetoes public records bill that would require prompt response to public records requests …
*Orlando Sentinel: Bush’s signature extends Earnhardt law of that blocks people from inspecting autopsy photos (*free registration required) …

June 20, 2006

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*Miami Herald, by Patrick Danner and Dan Christensen: Judges to rule on legality of secret court docket in Broward County (*free registration required) …
St. Petersburg Times, by Curtis Krueger, Steve Hohlgren and Rebecca Catalanello: Court cases kept out of the public record in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Broward …
St. Petersburg Times, by Kris Hundley and Alex Leary: Gun owners welcome anonymity to come with July 1 closing of concealed weapons information …
*Miami Herald, by Jack Dolan and Scott Hiaasen: A 172-hour search for payroll documents underscores the difficulty of researching public records of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (*free registration required)…
St. Petersburg Times, by Elena Lesley: Yankeetown mayor dumped records, residents say …

June 16, 2006

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*Miami Herald editorial: Abolish the secret docket for Broward County courts (*free registration required) …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Stop secret dockets in Broward, Pinellas and anywhere else in the state where they exist …

June 15, 2006

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Florida Sunshine Review:
*Miami Herald, by Patrick Danner and Dan Christensen: Florida Attorney General Charles Crist will investigate why there is not a trace of more than 100 court cases on the public record in Broward County (*free registration required) …
Bradenton Herald, by Nicholas Azzara: Manatee County court clerk makes court files available via the Web to the parties involved …

June 11, 2006

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*Miami Herald, by Amy Sherman: Broward court clerk prepares to make more public records available on the Internet (*free registration required) …

June 8, 2006

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Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: Bush signs bill to make the names of concealed weapons license holders secret …
St. Petersburg Times, by Alex Leary: Open government advocates decry governor’s decision on allowing concealed weapons license information to be concealed from the public …

June 3, 2006

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The Tampa Tribune, by Ellen Gedalius: Tampa Tribune sues Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau in seeking bid details made in efforts to bring the 2008 Republican National Convention to Tampa …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: The public deserves the facts about Tampa pitch for National Republican Convention …
*Vero Beach Press-Journal, guest column by Barbara Petersen: Court made bad call on Sunshine Law in the case of Florida vs. Ronald Mercer (*free registration required) …
*Vero Beach Press-Journal, guest column by Peter Seed: Court made good call on Sunshine Law in the case of Florida vs. Ronald Mercer (*free registration required) …

June 1, 2006

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Charlotte Sun Herald, by George McGuinn: North Port city resolution on public records contradicts state statutes …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Joe Kollin: Broward courthouse documents are going digital and will be online eventually …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Tanya Perez-Brennan: Sunshine law complaint lodged against Deltona city commissioner (*free registration required)…