Florida Sunshine Review:
Fort Myers News-Press editorial: State and local officials need to be educated on how to handle public records requests as the law requires …
Palm Beach Post, by Cara Fitzpatrick: Sheriff’s offices in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties flunk audit on public records …
Tallahassee Democrat, by Nic Corbett: Jefferson County superintendent tracks down reporter who made public records request …
The Associated Press, by Brendan Farrington: Mixed results on public records audit for officials in Manatee County …
Naples Daily News staff report: Collier sheriff fails secret public records audit while two other agencies pass …
Naples Daily News, column by Phil Lewis: Government as a whole rates an “F” in adhering to public records laws …
Orlando Sentinel, by Amanda Welch: public records requests befuddle Central Florida county officials …
Daytona News-Journal, by Jim Saunders: Foster kids need access to records, open government reform group says …
Tallahassee Democrat editorial: Florida state lawmakers should have to live with the open government law they impose on local governments …

November 19, 2008

Florida plagued by arrests, disciplinary actions for sex-crime teachers: Public records can help put statewide issues into perspective. State teacher disciplinary records reviewed by Denise-Marie Balona of the Orlando Sentinel indicate that at least 150 Florida teachers have faced discipline during the last three years after accusations of sexual misconduct with students. The story notes that disciplinary cases involving sexual misconduct are increasing – particularly among female educators. “And modern technology is helping teachers prey on children via cell phones and e-mail. In the sexual-misconduct cases reviewed by the Sentinel, about half of the teachers who were reprimanded, suspended, put on probation or had their certificates revoked used e-mail, MySpace pages and text messages to flirt and talk about sex with students,” the story says. The state has, however, taken some steps to limit offenses. This story includes links to photos of teachers accused of inappropriate behavior with students along with details on specific cases from selected counties.

Florida Sunshine Review:
Fernandina Beach News-Leader, by Ryan Smith: Nassau County Commission says state lawmakers should apply Sunshine Law to themselves …
Pensacola News-Journal, by Jamie Page: Two Pensacola residents sue park board over lack of a public comment period at meetings …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Sunshine Law trial involving Venice officials could be delayed …
Ocala Star-Banner, by Christopher Curry: Lakeland resident draws backlash with public records requests …
Seminole Chronicle, by Abraham Aboraya: State Ethics Commission clears Winter Springs commissioner Rick Brown of open meetings laws violation …
Pasco school records demand sparks outrage from school leaders …
Election takes care of questionable open meetings compliance at Ava Maria …

November 2, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Lawsuit alleges code names and hand-delivered memos used to sidestep Sunshine Law in Venice …
Northwest Daily News, by Dusty Ricketts: Fort Walton Beach City Council sets up meetings to repair problems from Sunshine Law violations …
Lakeland Ledger, by John Chambliss: Man wins public records fight with Polk County schools over employee data …
Naples Daily News editorial: Openness, public records helped make best of bad incident in East Naples …
*Vero Beach Press-Journal editorial: Open government commisison’s work should not be wasted (*registration required) …

October 27, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Northwest Daily News, by Dusty Ricketts: Fort Walton Beach to address Sunshine Law violations and revisit 125 development projects …
Tampa Tribune, guest column by Charles Davis: Elected officials give public the slip by using private e-mail accounts …
Boston Globe, by Coleman M. Herman: Public records should be public but aren’t always in Massachusetts (note Florida reference in this piece) …
Bradenton Herald, by Executive Editor Joan Krauter: Bulletin boards sufficient to announce meeting, Spring Hill fire district attorney says …

October 22, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Fort Myers News-Press, by Bill Cotterell: Special open government panel urges law that would require the state to reveal its personal records on citizens …
Central Florida Future, by Stephanie Wilken: Open government experts say University of Central Florida impeachment process regarding Student Government Association senator may have violated state Sunshine Law …

October 21, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Northwest Florida Daily News, by Dusty Ricketts: City of Fort Walton Beach violated Sunshine Law for seven years …
The Associated Press: Florida’s Commission on Open Government to discuss recommendations for the governor …

October 19, 2008

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Reform school alumni recount severe beatings, rapes: Some public documents can remain relevant for decades – even from a century ago. Miami Herald reporter Carol Marbin Miller illustrates the point in this story about the horrific secrets regarding vicious beatings and rapes over the years at the Florida State Reform School for young offenders. This is a disturbing story. Here’s an excerpt: “On Tuesday, about a half-dozen alumni will return to what is now called the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys to confront the most painful chapter of their troubled lives. The White House Boys, as a group of grown men now call themselves – kept one of the institution's most shameful secrets for half a century: what was done to them inside a squat, dark, cinder-block building called The White House. There, they say, guards beat them ferociously with a lash, some dozens of times. Some men say they also were sexually abused in a crawl space below the dining hall they call the ``rape room.'' The state is dedicating a memorial to those who suffered at a formal ceremony at the Marianna campus. Among the historic documents drawn upon for this story: PDF links to a report documenting beatings with a leather strap in 1911, a grand jury report on abuses from 1914 and a Senate committee’s 1903 hearing on troubles at the school.

October 15, 2008

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Records reload:
Police dispatch records: Cristina Silva of the St. Petersburg Times on how plice have been called twice over the last year to St. Pete City Council member Jeff Danner’s house regarding domestic disputes ...
Invoice records: Kara Kenney of the WBBH NBC-2 in Fort Myers on how much an internal investigation into Lee County Manager Don Stilwell cost taxpayers ...
School enrollment counts: Kathy Bushouse of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on how enrollment dropped in Broward County public schools for the fourth straight year, leading to some important seismic shifts for the school system ...
Florida Department of Law Enforcement mid-year crime statistics: Lise Fisher of the Gainesville Sun on the latest state crime statistics that showed an overall crime increase for Florida during the first six months of 2008...

October 13, 2008

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Records shout outs:
Federal campaign contributions: Mary Cristobal of the Central Florida Future, the University of Central Florida student newspaper, on presidential campaign donations made by UCF students, faculty and staff. Barrack Obama had raised the most at the time of this story, a nice campus enterprise piece ...
Internal memoes: Mike Deeson of Tampa Bay Channel 10 on a Pasco County utility customer system approved in 2005 but still isn’t up and running three years later ...
Gun confiscation records: Henry Pierson Curtis of the Orlando Sentinel on how police are confiscating tons of guns from criminals since a federal ban on assault weapons expired ...
IRS tax lien: Bruce Ritchie of the Tallahassee Democrat on the Florida Police Benevolent Association accusing Leon County Commissioner Ed Depuy of being a hypocrite for criticizing a challenger for his debts when records show DePuy had a tax lien of his own in 1986 ...
Florida Auditor General’s Office audit: Christopher O’Donnell of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about an audit critical of Manatee County School District safety practices in screening workers ...

October 11, 2008

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Borrowers Betrayed: Prepare to pick your jaw off the floor if you read these pieces from the Miami Herald. Reporters Jack Dolan, Rob Barry and Matthew Haggman tapped a variety of licensing, regulation and criminal records to uncover a series of stunning breakdowns regarding how the Florida Office of Financial Regulation allowed ex-convicts to become mortgage professionals and rip-off the public despite complaints to the agency. “Since 2000, regulators failed to weed out people with criminal histories, monitor scam operations and discipline crooked brokers, a Miami Herald investigation found.” The criminals licensed by the agency went on to fraud the public out of nearly $85 million, the story says. The agency head has since resigned and the Legislature is lining up to make changes to better protect the public from repeats. This is multi-media in fine form, with revealing stories, video, slide shows, graphics and more spread across a three-part presentation.

Florida Sunshine Review:
Hernando Today, by Tony Holt: Residents complain of Sunshine Law violation for being left out of Spring Hill Fire Department union negotiations …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Sunshine Law dominates at debate for Venice City Council elections …
Hernando Today, by Tony Holt: Bulletin boards sufficient to announce meeting, Spring Hill fire district attorney says …

October 6, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Beaches Leader, by Kathy Hartman: Sunshine Law is “garbage,” outgoing St. Johns County Commissioner says …
Naples Daily News, by Liam Dillon: Public-private roles raise questions on Ave Maria boards …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Sarasota activist Anthony Lorenzo faults Venice meeting at city manager’s house …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Top administrators meeting at interim Venice city manager’s house raises public meetings flag …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kathy Silverberg: Sunshine is simply doing public’s business in public …
Pensacola News-Journal, by Jamie Page: Public gets first chance to speak before Community Maritime Park Associates at meeting …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Judge says Venice officials must pay e-mail experts to retrieve e-mails from their personal computers in ongoing open government lawsuit …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Judge sets trail date for open government lawsuit involving nine current and former Venice city officials …
Naples Daily News, by Jenna Buzzacco: Union, bus driver sue Collier School Board members, saying they violated Sunshine Law …
WTBO Channel 8, by Steve Andrews:Lowry Park Zoo turns over records after threat of lawsuit …

August 27, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Orlando Sentinel, by Mike Bianchi: FSU must stop stonewalling on turning over list of NCAA violations …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Open government lawsuit could add to Venice budget woes …
Naples Daily News, column by Phil Lewis: Posting e-mails opens “e-meetings” to the public …

August 25, 2008

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Heat’s on in the kitchen: State gets tough on health violations in Lee County eateries: Drew Sterwald of the Fort Myers News-Press reviewed three years of reports by the Florida Department of business and Professional Regulation to show that the number of Lee County restaurants shut down by inspectors jumped by more than four times in the fiscal year ending June 30. The story notes that the increase “far outpaced industry growth over the same three years; the number of food service licenses issued for sit-down restaurants in Lee County rose less than 9 percent over the same time period. Statewide, emergency closures increased 30 percent over the same three years, from 463 to 600.” Beefed up inspections appear to be at least part of the explanation. In a sidebar to this story, Sterwald reports that Florida ranks No. 1 for the last three years on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Most Dangerous States for Eating Out. here.

August 20, 2008

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Records rock-a-thon:
Settlement agreement, administrative complaint: Julie Patel of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on unprecedented penalties against Allstate that “requires the insurance company to pay a $5 million fine, reduce homeowner insurance premiums statewide by 5.6 percent within 30 days, add 100,000 new homeowner policies within three years and forgive a $175 million loan to its Florida subsidiaries” ...
Florida Bar referee’s report: Michael Braga of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about a circuit judge’s recommendation that Sarasota attorney John A. Yanchek be suspended from practicing law for two years after the attorney admitted to mortgage fraud and lying about the existence of escrow funds ...
Police records, driver history records from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles: Stephen Thompson of The Tampa Tribune and Yolanda Fernandez of News Channel 8 about a man charged with DUI manslaughter in the deaths of a man and his passenger on a motorcycle in Clearwater ...
Voter registration statistics: Adrian G. Uribarri of the Orlando Sentinel on the breakdown of registered Republicans in state House District 34 as part of a Voter’s Guide piece on the race for the seat ...

August 19, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Aaron Kessler: Manatee and Duval County clerks of court will soon offer foreclosure sales online …
Miami Herald, by Matthew I. Pinzur: Online public records become issue in Miami-Dade clerk of courts race …

August 17, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
St. Petersburg Times, by Rita Farlow: It’s OK to look at photos in D.C. Madam suicide case but not to publish, judge says …
Tallahassee Democrat, by Bruce Ritchie: Judge orders Jefferson County Tax Collector Lois Howell-Hunter to turn over public records she had denied Caroline Carswell, her opponent in the primary election …
Naples Daily News, column by Phil Lewis: Opinions differ on open government and journalism practice with interviews …
Naples Daily News, by Leslie Williams: State lawmaker questions whether Alligator Alley lease meeting by Florida Department of Transportation officials violated Sunshine Law …

August 16, 2008

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Miami grand jury calls for mental health law reform: A local document occasionally can have statewide implications. A Miami-Dade grand jury report obtained by Susannah A. Nesmith of the Miami Herald calls “for sweeping reforms of the state's law dealing with the dangerously mentally ill, warning of another Virginia Tech-like tragedy if the system isn't fixed." Similar to the man who killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech last year, the report says that Florida has similar laws to Virginia’s and also has mentally ill people who are falling through the cracks. The grand jury made 19 recommendations for changes to help diffuse the dangerously mentally ill in Florida before they hurt themselves and others. See the report here.

August 15, 2008

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Records on a roll:
Wal-Mart annual report on jobs: Craig Cox of Alachua County Today on how the Wal-Mart Distribution Center has met its obligations to create at least 600 jobs in Alachua based on an annual report the retail giant must make each year until 2014 ...
Inspection reports on health facilities: Bob LaMendola of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel about inspection reports and results of complaint investigations involving most Florida health facilities now being put online by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration ...
Search warrant, criminal court records, police report: Nomaan Merchant of the St. Petersburg Times on a 66-year-old sex offender caught up in a youth online sex sting by a state CyberCrime Unit ...
Campaign finance reports: Eric Pfahler of TCPalm.com on the latest St. Lucie County financial reports for local candidates ...
Overtime pay records: Mark Schlueb of the Orlando Sentinel on the soaring costs of overtime as Orlando Police confront crime ...

August 14, 2008

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Computer error strikes teen’s DUI conviction: Sometimes the mere checking of a record can lead to righting a wrong. Florida Times-Union reporter Bridget Murphy’s check on a drunken driving conviction revealed “a teenager whose drunken driving paralyzed another motorist disappeared from some state records after computer errors, causing government officials to mistakenly reinstate his driving privileges." Murphy’s check of records at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles found that Brandon Hoffman, the 17-year-old driver who hit Don Worley and left him in a wheelchair following the 2005 crash in Flagler County, had no felony conviction on his record. The revelation prompted the state to revoke Hoffman’s license and restore his conviction record. It also pointed out computer problems to be fixed in the Flagler County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office.

August 13, 2008

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Records on the case:
Foreclosure records: Mary Wozniak of the Fort Myers Free-Press about foreclosures of big-ticket homes in Lee County, looking at the Top 10 foreclosures on single-family residences and how “if you live big, you can also lose big." The story includes a photo gallery of the foreclosure mansions and a link for looking up foreclosures in Southwest Florida …
Police personnel files: Corey Clark of the Tallahassee Democrat on the “exemplary" records of two Tallahassee Police Department officers before a drug-and-gun sting operation that went terribly wrong, leading to an undercover informant’s death …
City attorney’s report on contract procedures: Timothy J. Gibbons of The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville city attorneys calling for upgraded procedures at the Jacksonville Port Authority in the wake of an FBI investigation into former board member Tony Nelson and port contracts …
Civil lawsuit that included liens and sworn affidavits: Aisling Swift of the Naples Daily News about a man’s efforts to market, tie up and sell property that its owners did not want to sell ...

August 12, 2008

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State let crooked brokers keep stealing: Public records can help expose how devastating it can be for consumers when government regulators do not regulate as they should. Regulatory files and orders, criminal court records, agency reports and other documents fuel this Miami Herald story by Rob Barry, Matthew Haggman and Jack Dolan about how the Florida Department of Financial Services repeatedly caught mortgage professionals breaking the law – including stealing from clients – but allowed them to remain in business with few consequences. One woman with a mortgage company “had forged documents to fleece lenders. She had skimmed money off a customer's loan. She had lied to conceal 19 questionable mortgages," the story said. Regulators, however, didn’t revoke her license or call for a criminal probe. Instead, she got fined, promised to stop breaking the law and then “went on to steal $2.5 million in loans and nine more homes – including one from a recently widowed, disabled Vietnam veteran and another from a blind, 79-year old woman with Alzheimer's disease." Only after a judge had tossed the woman in jail did the department revoke her license, the story says.

August 10, 2008

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The Caylee Anthony Case: Public records such as case documents and jail audio recordings make this multi-media presentation from the Orlando Sentinel about the ongoing saga of missing 3-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony one of the most engaging stories you’ll read online. The presentation includes a video backstory, key players and a timeline of the Caylee case, which has become one of the most followed across the nation. There’s video that includes crime scene technicians visiting Caylee Anthony’s grandparents house; a photo gallery that includes Casey Anthony, Caylee’s mother and a key “person of interest" in the case; and, of course, all the recent stories reported by Sun-Sentinel staffers Sarah Lundy, Amy L. Edwards, Bianca Prieto and Walter Pacheco. Be sure to check out the phone recordings of Casey Anthony and her brother Lee from the Orange County jail, plus the case documents, which include a search warrant in the case and Casey Anthony’s arrest report.

Florida Sunshine Review:
Palm Beach Post, by Jennifer Sorentrue: Former U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen sues South Florida water managers and alleges regarding proposed $1.75 billion U.S. sugar buyout …
Naples Daily News, column by Phil Lewis: State attorney should put Collier School Board to the test on possible Sunshine Law violations …
The News Sun, by Kevin J. Shutt: Clerk grants access to video regarding the theft of county fuel despite attorney’s advice …

July 26, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Fort Myers News-Press, by Jacob Ogles: Cape Coral officials face allegations of possible Sunshine Law violations …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Jacob Ogles: State investigates Cape Coral city council members on possible Sunshine Law violation …
Panama City News-Herald, by Ryan Burr: Anti-dissolution group alleges Sunshine Law violated by Cedar Grove officials …
Palm Beach Post, by Susan Spencer-Wendel: Judge rules that Wendy’s shooting video can be viewed regarding fatal death of Palm Beach County firefighter …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Voters will be watching for candidate positions on open government laws enforcement in Duval County State Attorney race …
Lakeland Ledger editorial: Judge used common cense and concern in recent ruling of private e-mails by Venice city officials …

July 3, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Judge grants access to three City Council members’ e-mails in case alleging open meeting violations …
Lakeland Ledger, by Rick Rousos: Legal fee information released regarding Polk County Opportunity Council defense of alleged open meeting violations …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Jacksonville City Council members have no excuses for any future Sunshine Law abuses given new model training program …

June 29, 2008

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Records roll out:
E-mails: *Leslie Williams of the Naples Daily News on protest letters and e-mails pouring into Gov. Charlie Crist regarding a plan to put Allegator Alley up for rent (*free registration required) …
Nurse licensing records with the Florida Department of Health, police report: Molly Moorhead of the St. Petersburg Times about a Pasco-Hernando Community College instructor whose fraudulent nursing license was discovered after an online check by the college revealed her license number belonged to someone else …
Impact fees report: Nicholas Azzara of the Bradenton Herald on the struggle to track millions of dollars in impact fees for new roads collected from developers. The story includes a link to 39-page PDF report …
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report: Patty Pensa of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on five Palm Beach County hospitals cited for denying ER care ..
Federal Trade Commission statistics: Jacob Schneider of The Tampa Tribune on tips to help the elderly avoid identity theft scams. The story says Florida residents reported more than 50,000 cases of fraud or identity theft last year and lost an average of more than $2,000 per case ...

Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Todd Ruger: Sarasota Sheriff’s Office settles Sunshine Law lawsuit, required to undergo training and pay $15,613 in legal fees …
Lakeland Ledger editorial page: Cloudiness on how to keep electronic communications records can lead to abuse and controversy regarding public officials …
St. Petersburg Times, by Dave DeCamp: Records of county commission candidate withheld in Pasco County due to law exemption …
Sarasota Herald Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Judge asked to order volunteer government board members to turn over computer e-mails in ongoing lawsuit over alleged Sunshine Law violations in Venice …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: E-mail training is insufficient for elected and appointed officials in Venice …
Tampa Bay Business Journal: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation upgrades its online services …

June 15, 2008

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Records in play:
FBI scam statistics, foreclosure records: Duane Marsteller and Brian Neill of the Bradenton Herald on how “rescue scams" are resulting in troubled homeowners signing away their rights to their own properties …
Tax revenue statistics on Seminole Tribe operations: John Holland of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on how Seminole Tribe gambling operations are thriving while Broward County is struggling...
Court files, dockets: Chris Tisch of the St. Petersburg Times on how post-conviction motions by prisoners are clogging Tampa Bay area courts ...
Utility records: Pedro Morales of the Fort Myers News-Press on how Southwest Florida utility companies are losing big money from customers not paying their fees …

Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Open records case with Venice City Council draws national attention on freedom of information front …
Daytona Beach News-Journal: Gelber earns First Amendment award from First Amendment Foundation …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, column by Eric Ernst: Laws don’t take sides on public records at Venice City Council …

June 13, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: Judge says Venice City Council members must hand over home PCs for retrieval of government-business e-mail …
ABC Action News.com: Florida Attorney General’s Office launches new Web site on most wanted fugitives …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Todd Ruger: Sarasota County arrests posted online ask a judge to rule that recorded telephone conversations of jail inmates are not public record …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Public records prices from Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office fall after newspaper inquiries …
Orlando Sentinel editorial: Attorney General McCollum’s “sunshine" advocate has an important role to play…
Florida Times-Union, by Paul Pinkham: Duval State Attorney Harry Shorstein changes policy on copying files sought by outside agencies …
Tallahassee Democrat, by Nic Corbett: Leon grand jury selection held in private …
Cape Coral Daily Breeze, by Matt Blumenfeld: Cape Coral conversations before meeting cloud open meetings mandate …

June 4, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Kim Hackett: City of Venice promises to stop deleting records in open government case …
The Tampa Tribune, by Ray Reyes: Florida Attorney General’s Office launches new Web site on most wanted fugitives …
St. Petersburg Times, by Jonathan Abel: Attorneys for Nick Bollea, Hulk Hogan’s son, file lawsuit asking a judge to rule that recorded telephone conversations of jail inmates are not public record …

June 3, 2008

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Florida Sunshine Review:
Florida Times-Union editorial: City attorneys should seek attorney general’s opinion on legality of local ordinance allowing higher-than-usual costs for public records copies from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Paul Flemming: Florida Attorney General’s Office appoints new attorney to focus on open government issues …

June 1, 2008

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Leno may not get to meet Tallahassee’s best-known 101-year-old driver: Sometimes individual records aren’t public but the statistics derived from them are. Gerald Ensley of the Tallahassee Democrat proves the point in this story about 101-year-old Tallahassee driver Lillian Cox who has been invited to join Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show" but probably won’t go because of recent heart problems. Says the story: “Cox drives her 1984 Cadillac de Ville on short trips around Tallahassee. She never drives at night and admitted her family wants her to quit driving." The story also notes the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles cannot release information about individual drivers (at least not much) but would provide stats showing 11,218 people age 95 and over in Florida still have driving privileges whether they use them or not.

Records rewind:
Foreclosure records, property appraisals: Dick Hogan of the Fort Myers News-Press on how foreclosures are wrecking havoc with the budgets of homeowner groups in Lee County ...
Civil lawsuit: Elliott Jones of the Vero Beach Press-Journal on sexual harassment lawsuit by a former female employee at the Vero Beach office of the 19th Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office ...
Internal affairs report, police personnel file: Lisa J. Huriash of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on an internal affairs investigation in Coral Springs that concluded one police officer meant to embarrass or intimidate another during a traffic stop …
State campaign finance records: Adam C. Smith of the St. Petersburg Times about the role of Democratic Party rabble-rouser Jon Ausman in resolving the bitter dispute over Florida’s votes in the Democratic presidential primary …