Here's an interesting article I found about Public records issue in Florida:
We think: Florida needs to embrace — not reject — open public-records policy
We think: Florida needs to embrace -- not reject -- open public-records policy
November 30, 2008
On paper, Florida has a great reputation for allowing the average resident wide-ranging access to public records. There's even an "Open Government Bill of Rights" that says so.But perception is not reality.The evidence is found in three consecutive statewide audits, in which more than 40 percent of local agencies failed to comply with the law. In the most-recent audit, 43 percent of agencies didn't properly respond to public-records requests for something as simple as budget-related e-mails.The audit was conducted by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, which dispatched reporters and volunteers to 163 school-district, county-administrative and sheriff's offices in 56 of the state's 67 counties.
The abysmal report card includes the Jefferson County superintendent's office, which ran a license-plate number of a reporter from the Tallahassee Democrat. The intimidation factor wasn't nearly as egregious in Central Florida, but there's still plenty that went wrong.
Read the rest here:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-ed30108nov30,0,3155972.story
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