There are 3 article(s) tagged state open meetings law:

• January 2025

  • Bailey: Shhh. Don’t tell anyone. We need to vote on a new official

    Suburban officials seem to prefer casting secret ballots rather than letting their constituents know who they picked to fill vacancies on government boards.

    By Clay Bailey January 31, 2025

• July 2022

  • Opinion: Court of Appeals whittles away protections of open meeting law

    “In ruling that it is OK for a governing body to hold private meetings on a controversial project and to hide the upcoming vote on that controversial project by leaving it off the agenda, the court undermines the open meetings law,” Deborah Fisher says.

    By Deborah Fisher July 18, 2022

• April 2022

  • No ethics violation found against Lakeland commissioner

    Mayor Mike Cunningham filed the complaint last Thursday based on comments Wright made in a social media post about a potential 3-2 vote against a proposed development.

    By Michael Waddell April 18, 2022