I never imagined I'd be jealous of #Florida residents. Thanks, Legal Eagle!

FYI, every state has a way for residents to petition for laws and/or state constitutional amendments.

#sunshinelaws #legaleagle #governmenttransparency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOxCU3wY3kA

Meanwhile

#uspol #flapol #desantis #secrecy #transparency #sunshinelaws

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/florida-desantis-travel-records-00092969

More antics that will squelch Florida’s citizens’ #FirstAmendment rights, in this case to know what their governor is up to, thanks to legislation that makes Gov. Ron DeSantis, and other politicians, travel records private. #FreedomOfInformation #SunshineLaws https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/politics/desantis-travel-records-florida-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

More antics that will squelch Florida’s citizens’ #FirstAmendment rights, in this case to know what their governor is up to, thanks to legislation that makes Gov. Ron DeSantis, and other politicians, travel records private. #FreedomOfInformation #SunshineLaws www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/politics/desantis-travel-records-florida-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

He's a heck of a lot smarter than Trump! Otherism & Bigotry followed up by Education Reform, First Ammendment attacks, Cronieism
and now transparency!

AP News: Is DeSantis darkening Florida's sunny open-records laws?
#Florida #DeSantis #SunshineLaws #Transparency

https://apnews.com/article/sunshine-week-ron-desantis-florida-records-a0061801fffbd075af3de46c73e9e4db

The New Mexico Legislature is aiming to chip off a little more of our public records law. Here’s an editorial using local reporting as an example of why it’s a trash idea, and rubbishing the specious argument used to justify the proposal.

The bill would shield all but finalists for executive gov jobs from disclosure, creating cover for bad selection practices and suppressing valuable news reporting.

https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/02/11/judiciary-committee-kill-effort-weaken-public-records-law/

#nmleg #NewMexico #sunshinelaws #ipra #DemingHeadlight #localnews

Twitter is reversing its 2 year old ban on political advertising.

https://www.engadget.com/twitter-is-reversing-its-ban-on-political-ads-004916587.html

Back when it allowed political ads, it paid a fine to Washington State for not maintaining the proper records.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/twitter-agrees-pay-100k-washington-state-settlement-political-ad-disclosure-violations/

My prediction is that Twitter will run afoul of the law again, and since it'll be a second, willful, offense, the company will pay big time like Facebook did.

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/04/facebook-parent-company-meta-ordered-to-pay-more-than-35-million-to-washington

#WAElex #BobFerguson #SunshineLaws