EDITORIAL A dark cloud hangs over Florida state government these days, threatening the state’s much-heralded Sunshine Laws. At issue is a request to the State Board of Administration (SBA) by state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, to release documents concerning an investment into Starboard Value and Opportunity, a hedge find spin-off of Ramius LLC.…
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Naked Politics Blog Attorney General Pam Bondi said it was “indefensible” that the state gave state Sen. Mike Fasano a $10,000 estimate for collecting public records regarding Florida pension investments. “I’ve lost sleep over this bill,” Bondi told State Board of Administration Director Ash Williams. Read more here.
EDITORIAL Charging a fortune for public records is a clear attempt to evade Florida’s sunshine laws and conceal public business from public view. That seems to be the motivation behind an invoice sent to state Sen. Mike Fasano for more than $10,000 for public records from Ash Williams, executive director of the state agency that…
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