Stop the stampede of secrecy at Florida’s Capitol
Blog editor's note: Excellent piece from the Orlando Sentinel - essentially the interests of greed, development, and profiteering are driving the public out of the public square. This has parallels in Sarasota County, where the Board has over years edged the public out of the planning process -- for example, the timing of hearings so that people never know when they will begin; the obfuscation of plans so that no one even knows they're coming, and the reduction of formerly in-person Neighborhood Workshops to useless Zooms. Florida is in danger of being totally corrupted by the oligarchs: Sentinel Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of editorials on major issues facing the state in the legislative session that begins March 4. Florida legislators will soon flock to the Capitol in Tallahassee for their annual 60-day session, and that means the public’s right to know will once again be under siege. Year after year, legislators in both parties work relentlessly to reduce ...
