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By Lydia Harvey, on September 29th, 2011%
BY MICHAEL C. BENDER, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — For a second time, e-mails to and from Florida Gov. Rick Scott have been deleted in possible violation of state law.
Scott’s team acknowledged in August, months after a Times/Herald request for transition records, that dozens of e-mail accounts had been deleted from a private computer server where the documents . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times, Miami Herald: E-mails deleted from Gov. Rick Scott’s iPad as more records requests go unfulfilled
By Lydia Harvey, on September 28th, 2011%
FSNE meeting called to order by conference call by President Cory Lancaster at 9 a.m., Sept. 12, 2011
Departing FSNE board member Patty Cox says thanks for well wishes – she says it is very tough to leave. She is working on identifying a replacement from the St. Petersburg Times for the FSNE board.
Roll call; Jim Baltzelle, . . . → Read More: Minutes from Sept. 12 board meeting
By Lydia Harvey, on September 19th, 2011%
Two years after the first federal stimulus dollar rolled in, Florida’s public school system is learning difficult financial lessons. School districts throughout Florida are laying off teachers, closing programs and scrambling to identify other significant cost-saving measures — all problems made worse by the fact that Florida’s school districts used the stimulus money in large measure . . . → Read More: Florida Center for Investigative Reporting examines school districts’ stimulus spending
By Lydia Harvey, on September 19th, 2011%
Naked Politics Blog
That’s according to a study by the Sunshine Review, a nonprofit organization that analyzes state and local government websites using a transparency checklist.
The group recognized several local entities for having outstanding government websites that provide information on budgets, elected officials, open meetings laws and taxes, among other criteria.
Read . . . → Read More: Miami Herald: Florida gets a B for transparency in government websites
By Lydia Harvey, on September 19th, 2011%
BY PAT RICE, NEWS-JOURNAL EDITOR
Consider this column your personal invitation to attend an event where you can learn about Florida’s Sunshine Laws, and how you can use those laws to ensure that you know how local and state government conducts the taxpayers’ business.
The “2011 Sunshine Seminar” is sponsored by The First Amendment Foundation and The News-Journal. . . . → Read More: Daytona Beach News-Journal: Open government is your right — learn how to use it
By Lydia Harvey, on September 19th, 2011%
BY MARCIA HEROUX POUNDS
Secrecy is often a part of negotiating for a new headquarters or an expansion
of a company in Florida. But even when the deal is done, Florida’s economic
development agency often keeps the employer’s identity from the public for 12
months.
Sometimes, regional agencies announce the newly relocating company and jobs
promised, but don’t disclose cash incentives awarded . . . → Read More: Sun-Sentinel: Employers getting state money for jobs can go unnamed for a year
By Lydia Harvey, on September 13th, 2011%
FSNE board members,
Vice President Patty Cox has announced that she is leaving the St. Pete Times to move to Atlanta with her husband. While a wonderful decision for her and her family, FSNE is losing one of its most talented and respected journalists. With her departure, I will be speaking with several board members, including past . . . → Read More: Patty Cox, FSNE vice president, resigned from the board on Monday
By Lydia Harvey, on September 13th, 2011%
St. Petersburg Times staff writer Janet Zink will join the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority as director of communications. Her last day at the Times will be Sept. 23.
Zink, 48, will be spokeswoman for the agency that runs Tampa International Airport and three general aviation airports in Hillsborough County. She will earn $110,000 a year.
Read . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times: Reporter to leave the Times to be new spokeswoman for Tampa International Airport
By Lydia Harvey, on September 10th, 2011%
On Sept. 11, 2001, while the world was watching the disaster unfold in New York City and elsewhere, the Orlando Sentinel sent reporters and photographers to cover the story.
Among them were current Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell, then a reporter, and senior photographer Red Huber. In this video, the two recall the days of coverage following the . . . → Read More: Orlando Sentinel journalists recall covering 9/11 aftermath
By Lydia Harvey, on September 10th, 2011%
BY ERIC DEGGANS
Pay for full-time employees at the St. Petersburg Times will be cut by 5 percent until January 2012 under a new cost-savings plan implemented by the newspaper starting Monday.
Staffers will be given five additional days off, with pay, during the five-month period, distinguishing this move from compulsory furloughs used by some other media outlets. . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times announces staff pay cuts
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