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Isle of Dreams claims a conditional-use application needed to build a strip club is unconstitutional. The city denies that claim. IS NUDE DANCING REALLY SPEECH? The short answer, according to the U.S. Supreme Court, is yes. The high court says nude dancing is a form of expression protected by the First Amendment. That means the government can’t ban . . . → Read More: Strip-club company sues North Bay Village Judge denies motion to dismiss; state attorney won’t pursue criminal charges May 10, 2012 7:52 PM DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Circuit Court Judge Howard LaPorte has denied a motion from Walton County to throw out a lawsuit accusing the County Commission of violating the state’s Sunshine Law. The tightly worded order also tosses out one “public disclosure” element of the . . . → Read More: Walton County Sunshine Law case advances (DOCUMENTS) By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel George Zimmerman‘s lawyer expects to get his first look at the evidence against his client Monday. The rest of us will not. Special Prosecutor Angela Corey’s office announced late Friday afternoon that it will not release the information to the public on Monday. Florida’s public records law allows government agencies a reasonable amount of time to . . . → Read More: Zimmerman’s lawyer expects to get evidence Monday by Joe Wilhelm Jr., Staff Writer As Mayor Alvin Brown moves forward with his plans for economic development reform, the City’s Ethics Commission wants to make sure members of the new boards and offices he plans to create disclose their financial interests.
The City Council Finance and Rules committees are jointly reviewing Ordinance 2012-212, which replaces the Jacksonville . . . → Read More: Ethics Commission wants disclosure for new government bodies BRADENTON HERALD EDITORIAL Posted: 12:00am on May 8, 2012; Modified: 1:37pm on May 8, 2012 For someone who disdained electronic communications and the resulting creation of public records, Gov. Rick Scott has seen the light — the light of sunshine in government. The governor opened public access to emails among his key advisors with the launch of a website . . . → Read More: Gov. Scott’s welcome initiative on government transparency New Technology Could Save Polk $1.5 Million Per Year Published: Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11:45 p.m. BARTOW | Courthouses across the state are prepping for a revolutionary step in technology that could help budget woes and conserve dwindling space. Enlarge | Buy Photo Richard Weiss, Polk County’s clerk of courts, displays in . . . → Read More: Florida Clerks Pushing to Go Paperless Here’s some good news out of Tallahassee: Last week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott made it easier for the public to obtain some of his email correspondence. Called “Project Sunburst,” the initiative will allow Florida citizens to simply log into their home computers to check out the emails of the governor and his 11 top staff members. That . . . → Read More: Editorial: Sunshine for Scott’s inbox The court motion calls for information in the case to be released in a timely fashion. Posted: May 7, 2012 – 1:13pm | Updated: May 8, 2012 – 7:17am
By Jim Schoettler The Times-Union and its news partner, First Coast News, are parties in a court motion seeking to ensure full and timely access to public court records in the case against Cristian Fernandez. At . . . → Read More: Times-Union, First Coast News seek access to records in Cristian Fernandez case State had concerns about work of vice president, but college president disagrees. Posted: May 5, 2012 – 12:19am | Updated: May 6, 2012 – 8:55am A state audit this year admonished a Florida State College at Jacksonville administrator, saying his second job as a senior vice president at a New Jersey college where he sold a product was a potential . . . → Read More: State audit finds possible conflict of interest with a top FSCJ administrator From: Flemming, Paul [mailto:plug_emp(true, '=a350b;emp:com;emp:fa0*#3b4c-;emp:tallahassee;emp:#f.d*135;emp:pflemming');] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:43 PM To: Burgess, Brian [plug_emp(true, '=a60f4*-3b12de5;emp:myflorida.com;emp:1503#bae6d2.;emp:eog;emp:106ecd2f3-ba45;emp:brian.burgess');] Subject: Project Sunburst/Breaking up Brian, It’s not you. It’s me. Goodness knows I’ve told you so many times about my absolute position on open records. I’ve gone all high-falutin’ on you about Madisonian ideals and my crazy position that there’s nothing worth doing that can’t . . . → Read More: Paul Flemming: Sunshine spoils a beautiful relationship |
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