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.

June 30, 2007

Pensacola News-Journal, by Paige St. John: Florida Department of Financial Services draws fire for pitching insurance records …
Florida Bar News, by Jan Pudlow: Manatee County court clerk’s one-year pilot program on access to court records seeks to advance public information while protecting confidential details …
Belleair Bee, by Henry Weikle: Flurry of e-mail raises questions at Indian Rocks Beach …
Bradenton Herald, by Natalie Neysa Alund: Company selling copies of property deeds at inflated costs in Manatee County …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Governor’s new commission on open government will take long-overdue look at vitality of open records, meetings …

June 27, 2007

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Florida Times-Union, by Beth Kormanik: State attorney slams Jacksonville City Council regarding Sunshine Law lapses …
Wall Street Journal, column by Jason Fry: Internet availability of records raises questions about when public records are too public …

June 23, 2007

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Megan O’Matz: Court rules FEMA must turn over documents to Sun-Sentinel in climax of three-year effort …
Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial: New nine-member panel on open government has important job to do …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Public will be shortchanged if grand jury does not investigate Jacksonville City Council’s Sunshine Law failings …
Florida Times-Union staff report: State attorney to show the light to Jacksonville City Council regarding the Sunshine Law …
Associated Press, by Brandan Farrington: Crist honored for efforts toward open government …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Time to end the state Legislature’s “do as we say, not as we do” approach to open government meetings …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Melanie Payne: News-Press, other newspapers, prevail in public records request with FEMA …
Gainesville Sun, by Cindy Swirko: Springhills developers allege Sunshine Law violations in lawsuit against the county …
Palm Beach Post, by Dwayne Robinson: A Wellington administrator says city council members violated the Sunshine Law …
Florida Times-Union: Times-Union unveils searchable database on restaurant inspections in Northeast Florida …

June 18, 2007

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Associated Press, by Bill Kaczor: Crist creates commission to keep government in the sunshine …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Aaron Deslatte: Crist creates open government reform commission …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Mark Hollis: Open government laws to get most comprehensive review in decades with new commission from Gov. Charlie Crist (*free registration required) …
Hernando Today, by Michael D. Bates: Information flow tightened on Hernando County budget …

June 17, 2007

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Florida Times-Union, by Beth Kormanik: City Council proposes new ordinance to ensure Sunshine Law compliance in response to yet-to-be-published Times-Union findings …
Florida Times-Union, by Beth Kormanik: Times-Union investigation finds evidence of Florida Sunshine Law violations by City Council …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Jacksonville City Council culture kept public in dark about hundreds of public meetings among council members …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Public needs grand jury to investigate Sunshine Law problems at Jacksonville City Council and study other oversight issues …
Florida Times-Union, by columnist Ron Littlepage: Grand jury needs to probe council’s culture of secrecy …
Florida Times-Union, by columnist Mark Woods: What’s on the menu for Jacksonville City Council members at “City Hall Annex West?” …
First Coast News, Jacksonville, by Mark Spain: City Council probe reveals big mistakes in Jacksonville …

June 11, 2007

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Associated Press, by Bill Kaczor: Hospitals seek delay on constitutional amendment that gives patients the ability to know about past mistakes made by doctors and medical facilities …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Public deserves the info it demanded on doctors and hospitals …
Florida Today editorial: Lawmaker tax plan made in secret shuts out informed citizen debate …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Jennifer Misthal: Bonita Springs special events committee must abide by sunshine laws…
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Sally Apgar: Probe into ID card scheme finds 115 people got jobs using counterfeit cards with a 10-year-old Florida girl’s tolen Social Security number…
*Orlando Sentinel, by Tanya Caldwell and Steven D. Barnes: DeBary City Council minutes from recent meeting turn out to be wrong (*free registration required) …
Boca Raton News, by Dale M. King: Palm Beach clerk urges residents to guard personal data …

June 5, 2007

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St. Petersburg Times, by Alex Leary: Property tax talks of state lawmakers stay a secret …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Vague, secret deals by state lawmakers are no way to do public business …
EmeraldCoast.com: Florida Department of State adds some new material to its Florida Memory Photographic College holdings online …
WBBH Channel 2, Fort Myers, by Kate Eckman: More businesses printing credit card numbers on receipts despite federal law against it …

June 1, 2007

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Bradenton Herald, by Natalie Neysa Alund: Manatee County Clerk of Courts Chips Shore soon to put court records online in unique state pilot project …
Palm Beach Post, by Michael C. Bender: Bills aim to thwart I.D. theft …