Many Web links are born to die. Even if that should happen with those below, this list can still be of value.

Use it to help locate important stories about freedom of information in Florida and sometimes elsewhere. Obtain the story through the archives or back issues of the news organization involved, try the headline or keywords in a search engine for another link, or use Lexis-Nexis or other databases that might be available to you or through your local library.

August 31, 2004

Stuart News, by George Andreassi: Martin County growth advisory panel to conduct meetings in public but members say they may have private discussions to reach a consensus ...
Associated Press: Longtime Miami Herald editor John Wolin dies …
FCW.com, by Brian Robinson: Re-enter the Matrix: Multistate anti-terrorism project regroups after early missteps …

August 30, 2004

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Palm Beach Post, by Chuck McGinness: A Web site set to go public next month will show where road construction is planned in parts of Palm Beach County over the next five years ...
*Naples Daily News, by Charlie Whitehead: Fort Myers Beach group accuse town council of violating Sunshine Law (*free registration required) …
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, by columnist Dimitri Vassilaros: Caught in the Matrix …

August 27, 2004

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AScribe.com: Dan Christensen of the Miami Daily Business Review will receive the 2004 Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award for reporting on secret court cases in the U.S. District Court in Miami …
The Associated Press: St. Petersburg Times names a new publisher and a new executive editor …
Stuart News, by James Kirley: Florida motorists get a new driver license format with improved features to thwart identity theft …

August 26, 2004

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Robert Patrick: Decision due in 11 months on the Florida court records to be open or closed …
Hernando Today, by Cliff Hightower: Hernando Today and Tampa Tribune prevail in court case to open DCF records involving a starving 10-year-old …
WPBF News 25, West Palm Beach: Private e-mails made public involving the Fort Pierce police chief and his assistant raise questions and eyebrows …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Peggy Peterman left her mark telling stories of social injustice …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Etan Horowitz: Leesburg Daily Commerical’s ex-publisher to work for city of Leesburg (*free registration required) …
Mother Jones, by Jim DeFede: Matrix computer program developed by Floridian has marked thousands of citizens as potential terrorists …

August 23, 2004

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Hernando Today, by Cliff Hightower: DCF records to be released soon in the case of a couple accused of starving a 10-year-old girl …
*Miami Herald, by Kevin Deutsch: Sunshine Law probe revealed in Pompano Beach (*free registration required) …
Palm Beach Post, by Chuck McGinness: Driving information related to tolls is private, SunPass says …
St. Petersburg Times, by Craig Basse: Former Times prize-winning photographer dies …

August 19, 2004

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Bradenton Herald, by Roberta C. Nelson: Manatee Community College may resume publishing a student newspaper in October …
Florida Today, by Wayne T. Price: Melbourne International Airport officials won't have to withdraw a letter to the Transportation Security Administration that urges the restriction of certain airport documents and plans …
Miami New Times: Flaws found in a new computer imaging system that Miami-Dade County is using to scan and file court records …

August 18, 2004

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Mike Saewitz: Judge plans to seal DNA evidence in Carlie Brucia murder case but release some other records …
Bradenton Herald, by Nevy Kaminski: Judge details upcoming release of records in Carlie Brucia murder case …
Florida Today editorial: Melbourne airport must withdraw request to tighten access to information about its plans …
Associated Press: Retired University of Florida journalism professor and former Pulitzer Prize winner dies …

August 17, 2004

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Associated Press: Hardee County elections supervisor dies of a heart attack …

August 16, 2004

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Associated Press: Database culture aids in ID theft …

August 12, 2004

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Florida Today, by Wayne T. Price: Melbourne City Council supports access to documents at airport …
*Vero Beach Press-Journal, by James Kirley: Open meeting questions delay meeting of Indian River Memorial Hospital (*free registration required) …

August 11, 2004

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St. Petersburg Times, by Rebecca Catalanello: Pasco school superintendent asks attorneys to get records of lawmaker’s travel in her legislative position …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Mark Schlueb: Judge nixes denied candidate’s demand that the ballot identify him as Doug "Ax the Tax" Guetzloe when he runs for Republican state committeeman on Aug. 31 ... (*free registration required) …

August 10, 2004

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St. Petersburg Times, by Justin George: Judge rules that Suncoast Parkway interagency meetings are open to the public …
Florida Today, by Wayne T. Price: Melbourne airport rules on information access draw fire …

August 9, 2004

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*Miami Herald, by Nathalie Gouillou: Incumbent state representatives sealed criminal record spurs lawsuit (*free registration required) …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Brittany Wallman: New Fort Lauderdale city manager engages the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in a public records fight …
Daytona Beach News-Journal, by Nicole Service: Charges that Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre violated the state's open records law are not prosecutable, the State Attorney’s Office concludes…
*Miami Herald, by Jonathan Abel: Perilous waters for pirate radio (*free registration required) …
*Miami Herald, by Jonathan Abel: Station seeks to shed pirate label (*free registration required) …
Tallahassee Democrat: Judge throws out lawsuit against Amazon.com …

August 6, 2004

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Orlando Business Journal: State launches online entertainment industry database …
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Chris Davis and Matthew Doig: A clerks' group disputes a claim that it wanted too much money to build Florida's voter database …

August 5, 2004

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St. Petersburg Times, by William R. Levesque: Judicial panel relents on releasing records …
Naples Daily News, by I.M. Stackel: Pelican Bay leaders take unusual route to sidestep state’s Sunshine Law…
St. Petersburg Times, by Lucy Morgan: State GOP withholds most delegates’ names for national convention …
WFTV Channel 9, Orlando: Man has ID stolen after having company prepare his taxes …

August 4, 2004

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Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: One of the eight constitutional amendments on November ballot would open records of adverse medical incidents to patients …
Boca Raton News, by Nicol Jenkins: Camera cell phones banned from Palm Beach County schools …

August 3, 2004

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Palm Beach Post, by columnist C.B. Hanif: The story behind a controversial Palm Beach Post article on private ideas in a public office space …
*Orlando Sentinel, by staff: Orlando County Commission may look at taping talks (*free registration required) …
St. Petersburg Times, by Kelley Benham: An innocuous student newspaper story at Manatee Community College turns into a painful lesson, complete with hurt feelings, paper trails and lawyers …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Richard Burnett: Orlando Regional Healthcare says worker stole patients’ data (*free registration required) …

August 2, 2004

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*Miami Herald, by guest column by State Rep. Dan Gerber, D-Miami Beach: Government in the sunshine prevails with voter purge list, empowering ordinary Floridians (*free registration required) …
Lakeland Ledger, by Diane Lacey Allen: Polk County commissioner sends e-mails to newspapers requesting they do records checks on his GOP opponents …
Lakeland Ledger: Judge dismisses the Lakeland Ledger’s claim that the Florida Department of Citrus violated the state's Sunshine Law in 2003 by barring the newspaper from meetings of an advisory group …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Jason Garcia: Orange County Commission chairman vows to ensure that one-on-one meetings between him and commissioners will be even more open to citizens (*free registration required) …
St. Augustine Record, by Byron Noonan: A judge has requested a criminal investigation to look into those responsible for releasing testimony an accused killer made to a St. Johns County grand jury last month …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Jennifer Booth Reed: A founding member of the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools has resigned over what he said he considered to be backlash from a May newspaper article …
Orlando Sentinel: Orlando Sentinel overstated deaths caused solely by oxycodone in records-driven series …
Palm Beach Post, by Teresa Lane: Port St. Lucie debating public comment limits …
Associated Press: Couple kicked off Miami-New York flight because of T-shirt …