Spring Hill Fire Rescue Commissioner George Biro did not violate Florida's Sunshine Law when he submitted a letter asking his colleagues on the board to vote on a replacement for the outgoing chief. ...more

February 15, 2008

Sunshine Law Violation A letter to fire commissioners suggesting how they should vote, who they should vote for and asking them to expedite the selection process seems to me to violate the very concept of the "Government in the Sunshine" laws. ...more

February 15, 2008

Ric Ridgway, chief assistant state attorney, said he should know by the end of the week if there is enough evidence to begin an inquiry into whether a Spring Hill Fire Rescue District commissioner violated the Florida Government-in-the-Sunshine Law. ...more

February 12, 2008

Attorney General's office issues opinion. ...more

February 11, 2008

George Biro made the first motion last month not to renew Chief J.J. Morrison's contract. In a letter dated Jan. 31, the Spring Hill Fire Rescue commissioner wanted to remind his colleagues on the board he has not backed down from that opinion and even suggested a replacement. ...more

February 10, 2008

The Sunshine Law: All official action by boards or commissions shall be open to the public. ...more

November 25, 2007

These days, lots of important decisions about your life are being made in Tallahassee. ...more

November 25, 2007

Something odd happened when Bob Butterworth called a "press availability" in the Capitol rotunda last spring to announce excessive force might have been used at a Panhandle juvenile detention facility. ...more

November 25, 2007

These days, lots of important decisions about your life are being made in Tallahassee. How much property tax you will pay, what kind of insurance you can buy, whether public education and health care will be funded adequately. Increasingly, however, these decisions are being made in private, without the scrutiny of the public and the media. ...more

November 24, 2007

Excerpts from the commission's first public hearing: ...more

November 24, 2007