On the first anniversary of Florida’s passage of Amendment 4, the lawyers were back in court, arguing over what it meant and how to implement it.
Here’s today’s vocabulary quiz.
OUR POSITION: There are avenues to turn to for help, but caregivers still find themselves in difficult and challenging situations in deciding best course for their loved ones.
Sarasota County School District Chief Operating Officer Jeff Maultsby resigned Monday rather than challenge Superintendent Todd Bowden’s decision to fire him.
Love him or hate him, you can’t deny that City Council Member Bob Daniels works hard at his job every day.
Here’s how we see interviews with Venice City Council candidates: There’s an opening in our municipal corporation; why are you the best qualified person to fill it?
If money talks, some have said, in politics it shouts.
Venice voters have a choice between two good candidates for City Council Seat 6: Tim Brady and Joe Neunder.
Florida, the Sunshine State, was the first in the nation to pass an open-government law, in 1967. It’s known as the Government in the Sunshine Law.
Love him or hate him, you can’t deny that City Council Member Bob Daniels works hard at his job every day.
Venice voters have a choice between two good candidates for City Council Seat 6: Tim Brady and Joe Neunder.
Here’s how we see interviews with Venice City Council candidates: There’s an opening in our municipal corporation; why are you the best qualified person to fill it?
OUR POSITION: Overall, the Florida Legislature fared poorly when scored for its protection of the public’s right to information.
OUR POSITION: The state has to put the safety of the Peace River first when it draws up a permit dictating how to control runoff from Mosaic’s Bartow mines.
Remember the good old days, when Venice City Council elections were nonpartisan?
OUR POSITION: Superintendent gets highest performance rating — by a one-vote margin.
OUR POSITION: With growth in Southwest Florida comes concern for more affordable housing.
OUR POSITION: Heftier fines for sewage spills is a good idea depending on how the state would use the money.
OUR POSITION: Library system takes new approach to book/DVD returns.
OUR POSITION: Sarasota school officials are taken to task, appropriately, for questionable action.
