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Florida Sunshine Review See public records in action with Joe's Hit Records list! Links and info to assist you with open records and meetings.
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.
March 31, 2005
March 30, 2005  Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: Panel agrees to Internet access to court documents in Florida … *Orlando Sentinel, by Rene Stutzman: State panel wants records online (*free registration required) … Associated Press, by Bill Kaczor: Pensacola News-Journal challenges $18 million “false light” verdict …
March 29, 2005 The Tampa Tribune, by Julia Ferrante: Sunshine Law originator J. Emory Cross dies at 91 … Tallahassee Democrat, by Bill Cotterell: Sponsor of Florida’s Sunshine Law dies, was longtime lawmaker… Florida Today editorial: Florida’s father of open government laws dies, but public has to keep up the fight … Tallahassee Democrat, by Nancy Cook Lauer: Access to public records does not pose as great a threat to national security and personal privacy as misuse of the information by someone inside government …
March 28, 2005 *Orlando Sentinel, by Anthony Colarossi: Orange County clerk’s release of letter regarding a judge and his child-support payments raises open-records issues (*free registration required) … Palm Beach Post, by Deanna Poole: Lawmakers file more than three dozen bills that would cloud Sunshine and open records laws … Sarasota Herald-Tribune editorial: Federal agencies continue to defy Freedom of Information Act … Florida Times-Union, by Greg Richards: Bill would create a way for e-mail to be entered into Jacksonville City Council’s meeting record …
March 24, 2005 The Associated Press: Appeals court rules in favor of Key West publisher, striking down a Florida law prohibiting disclosure of information from active internal police investigations … *Miami Herald editorial: Legislature should expunge activists’ arrest records (*free registration required) … Daytona Beach News-Journal, by Kristen Reed: Judge seals crime-scene and autopsy photos, video in Volusia County case …
March 23, 2005 Tallahassee Democrat editorial: Five lawmakers recognized by the First Amendment Foundation as friends of the First Amendment … *Orlando Sentinel, by Jason Garcia: From teachers to traffic, open records shed light (*free registration required) … Tallahassee Democrat, by Nancy Cook Lauer: The public shouldn’t be kept in the dark … Bradenton Herald, by columnist Jerry Hill: Openness in government can be hard to find … Florida Today editorial: Brevard law enforcement surveillance chills the precious right to speak out … Palm Beach Post, by Stephen Pounds: Seisint and ChoicePoint tighten rules to thwart identity thieves … South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Sharon R. Bock, clerk and comptroller of Palm Beach County: Balancing open records laws with privacy …
March 22, 2005 Lakeland Ledger, by Lloyd Dunkelberger: Senate panel endorses lobbyist disclosure bill … St. Petersburg Times, by Lucy Morgan: Senators hope information from lobbyists will inspire trust of lawmakers … Florida Today, by Rick Neale: Protestors demand to see Brevard County sheriff “spy files” … WPEC News 12, West Palm Beach, by Terry Anzur: I-Team finds obtaining some public records to be a long and expensive battle …
March 21, 2005 The New York Times, by Tom Zeller Jr.: Investigators argue for access to private data … St. Petersburg Times, by Chase Squires: Man who doesn’t like corporate or FCC control of radio squats on an unused FM radio frequency and broadcasts illegally from his small St. Petersburg apartment … South Florida Business Journal, by John T. Flakler: Florida database pioneer ready for new adventure … Palm Beach Post editorial: Maintain public access as documents go online … St. Petersburg Times, by Dave Gussow: A thriving industry is out there collecting and selling information on nearly everyone …
March 17, 2005 Daytona Beach News-Journal, by Jay Stapleton: Ormond Beach city commissioner cleared in newspaper’s suit accusing him and two others of violating open meeting laws … WJCB TV-20 News, by Troy Kinsley: Controversial book moved in Suwannee River Regional Library … *Orlando Sentinel, by columnist Mike Thomas: Sunny records have some dark, scary corners (*free registration required) … *Orlando Sentinel, by columnist Myrium Marquez: Government secrets don’t protect us (*free registration required) …
March 15, 2005 The Associated Press, by David Royse: Bills to limit public access to records in Florida raise concerns … Cox News Service, by Rebecca Carr: UF study on public records finds states put safety before access … St. Petersburg Times, by Carrie Johnson: Legislature again takes aim at public records laws, filing more than 40 bills that would close public access … Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: Personal data theft imperils public records access … Daytona Beach News-Journal, by Jim Haug: Sunshine advocates face off against state legislators …
March 14, 2005 The Associated Press, by Samantha Gross: Florida newspapers rally on Sunshine Sunday in support of open government … www.SunshineWeek.org features news, links, overview and more showcasing coverage nationwide … The Associated Press has launched its own Web pages tracking FOI news and Sunshine Week material …
Sunshine Sunday, March 13, 2005
March 11, 2005 The Bradenton Herald: New judge named in Manatee County records case … Boca Raton News, by Sean Salai: Boca Raton-based Accurint’s 32,000 victims will discover next week that their identities were stolen … Palm Beach Post, by Stephen Pounds: Hacked data boots identity theft to critical issue … Fort Myers News-Press editorial: FEMA must come clean
with public on records … First Amendment Center, by Andrew Schotz: Nice overview piece on the status of federal and state access to public records online …
March 10, 2005 The Associated Press: Four Florida newspapers sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in efforts to force release of information regarding the 2004 hurricanes … South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Sally Kestin: South Florida Sun-Sentinel sues for release of FEMA hurricane aid records … Fort Myers News-Press, by Jeff Cull: Three Gannett newspapers in Florida sue to gain access to FEMA aid records… Palm Beach Post, by Thomas R. Collins: Mayor’s calls may have violated the state’s Sunshine Law … CBS News/Associated Press: Hackers hit Lexis-Nexis database, gaining access to the personal files of as many as 32,000 people …
March 9, 2005 St. Petersburg Times, by Steve Bousquet, Lucy Morgan and Alisa Ulferts: Plan would lift veil on lobbyists
and make new information available about them to the public … The Associated Press, by Harry R. Weber: Data broker hires TSA official to improve customer screening … *Miami Herald, by Sara Olkon: Coconut Creek woman charged
with running a $100,000 identity theft scheme (*free registration required) …
March 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times, by columnist Howard Troxler: Even a little secrecy in legal system is too much … Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Lauren Glenn: Police can’t find coach complaint, jeopardizing what could be key evidence in the current investigation … Tampa Tribune, by Anthony McCartney: ID thief finds victim with relative ease …
March 4, 2005 Associated Press, by Mitch Stacy: Judge agrees to public access to DCF petition in Schiavo case … Daytona Beach News-Journal, by James Miller: Code names cloak tax deals in Volusia County …
March 3, 2005 Associated Press, by Mitch Stacy: Media outlets argue to open DCF documents in Terry Schiavo case … Bradenton Herald, by Brian Haas:Judge removes himself from public records lawsuit
involving Manatee County court clerk and two former political candidates … Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: Lawmaker vows stronger legislation against identity theft …
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