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.

May 28, 2007

St. Petersburg Times, by Michael Van Sickler: Florida Transportation Commission’s practices defy Sunshine Law and raise concerns about its actions …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Claudia Zequeira: Sunshine Law inquiry clears Osceola School Board trio (*free registration required) …

May 24, 2007

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Palm Beach Post, by Michael C. Bender: Crist signs bill to make it easier to request public records …
Lakeland Ledger editorial: Winter Haven Housing Authority comes down hard on the side of the public’s right to know …

May 22, 2007

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Palm Beach Post editorial: Government in the Sunshine took fewer hits than usual this legislative session …
Lakeland Ledger, by Rick Rousos: City defends investigation into who provided a public record to The Ledger showing a $43.7 million loss on Lakeland Electric’s natural gas purchases…
*Miami Herald, by Dan Christensen and Patrick Danner: Investigation into the planting of false court records by two Miami-Dade judges finds no wrongdoing (*free registration required) …

May 19, 2007

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The Daily Pulp blog, by Bob Norman: Judge Gary M. Farmer writes one of the strangest and most entertaining legal papers ever in ruling on Miami Herald defamation case involving a Kentucky Derby-winning horse …
Palm Beach Post, by Tony Doris: Two seek secrecy on “pay-to-play” grand jury report…
*Miami Herald, by Dan Christensen and Patrick Danner: Federal courts are changing the way cases are docketed to avoid “the appearance of a secret docket” (*free registration required) …
Florida Times-Union editorial (see second item): Butterworth praised for loosening records, lips regarding Florida Department of Children and Families …
*Miami Herald, by Carol Marbin Miller: State child welfare adminstrators, Miami Herald seek open hearing in Cuban child custody case (*free registration required) …
Associated Press, by Paul Davenport: States, including Florida, want to safeguard names of fallen troops …

May 15, 2007

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Tallahassee Democrat, by Bob Gabordi: FAMU gets $60.25 for records as newspaper gets a dose of frustration for its money…
Tallahassee Democrat staff report: FAMU turns over records to newspaper …
*Miami Herald, by Charles Rabin: Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan wants to ban the “N-word” (*free registration required) …

May 13, 2007

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Fort Myers News-Press editorial : Teens learn hard lesson about First Amendment as principal was wrong to muzzle students’ writing about issues …
*St. Augustine Record, by Paulette Perhach: Cry of censorship rallied Flagler College students to protest decision regarding editing of the Gargoyle, the student newspaper (*free registration required) …
*St. Augustine Record, by Paulette Perhach: Editing of students newspaper article at Flagler College generates controversy and questions regarding press freedoms at the school (*free registration required) …
Palm Beach Post, by Eliot Kleinberg: Post’s request for federal records on 9/11 hijackers yields little new information…

May 9, 2007

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Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial : Officials’ private phones shouldn’t hide their public responsibility to provide records …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune editorial: Google search engine’s efforts should improve access to public records …

May 5, 2007

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The Spinnaker editorial : University of North Florida student newspaper protests the withholding of election violation documents by the school student government and the university administration in a front-page editorial …
*Miami Herald, by Monica Hatcher: Legislature wants to give court clerks three more years to strike out personal information from their public records on the Internet (*free registration required) …
*Miami Herald, by Monica Hatcher: Public records can be easy targets for identity thieves (*free registration required) …
Jacksonville Financial News and Daily Record: Florida Bar to post lawyer disciplinary histories on its Web site …

May 1, 2007

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Daytona Beach News-Journal, by Barry Flynn: Flagler Sheriff’s Office is planning to translate some brochures and parts of its Web site into Spanish, Portuguese and Russian …
Associated Press, by Jim Ellis: Judge to mull over releasing boy’s statement regarding homeless beating …
Florida Today, by Kate Brennan: Florida Department of Education hopes to have new Web site on teacher disciplinary actions going by August …