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February 10, 2007


Florida Sunshine Review:
*Naples Daily News editorial: Council finding trouble in e-mails on Marco Island (*free registration required) …
Marco Island Sun Times, by Daniel Winningham: Marco Island city manager says allegations of Sunshine Law violations are “absolute nonsense” …
CNN International, by David E. Williams: “Dale Earnhardt law” may shield Anna Nicole Smith autopsy photos …
*Vero Beach Press-Journal, by Ed Bierschenk: Sunshine law not violated by Sebastian mayor (*free registration required) …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Buddy Nevins: Cooper City commissioners cleared of breaking Sunshine Law …
Miami Herald, by Breanne Gilpatrick: Cooper City pre-meeting dinners were not illegal, inquiry finds …

February 3, 2007


Florida Sunshine Review:
*Miami Herald, by Cammy Clark: Monroe County officials face Sunshine Law violations (*free registration required) …
Associated Press, by Bill Kaczor: Secret court records appear to be isolated to certain areas in the state, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis says …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Roger Roy: In rare move, Orange circuit judge blocks WKMG-Channel 6 television from broadcasting news reports about documents that once belonged to political consultant Doug Guetzloe (*free registration required) …
St. Petersburg Times, by Michael Van Sickler: An interesting twist along the trail to find Gov. Jeb Bush’s e-mails …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Elaine Aradillas: Osceola School Board member denies violating Sunshine Law (*free registration required) …
Melbourne Indymedia, by Dwight Hines: Media action to unseal Northeast Florida grand jury report is lacking despite convictions aired during annual Sunshine Week …
Lakeland Ledger, By Dana Willhoit: Heart attack won’t hinder Polk County clerk of courts …

February 2, 2007


Handicapped parking space filled by judge: Bill Varian of the St. Petersburg Times used info from a state-issued handicapped parking permit to reveal that an administrative law judge in Tampa used a handicapped parking placard issued to an 86-year-old Bradenton woman. Judge Elving L. Torres “decides whether people are disabled enough to receive Social Security benefits,” the story said. But the handicapped parking placard on the dashboard of his silver Mercedes-Benz AMG coupe used at least seven times recently belonged to someone else. “At least once this week, by parking in a handicapped spot, Torres, 62, may have denied a woman who uses a wheelchair and works in the same building the ability to park there. She had to park at the far end of the lot and propel herself up an incline to get to her office because there were no empty handicapped spaces,” the story notes. It’s a misdemeanor to use another person’s handicapped placard unless that person is the vehicle at the same time.



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