Daytona Beach News-Journal: Open government is your right — learn how to use it

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. Co-sponsors include the League of Women Voters and the State Attorney’s Office. The seminar will take place beginning promptly at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, in Building 110 at Daytona State College, which has been kind enough to host the event.

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