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Public commenters urge swifter enforcement after years of dismissed Sunshine complaints
Summary
Multiple public speakers at the joint meeting urged the Ethics Commission and Sunshine Ordinance Task Force to expedite hearings and adopt stronger enforcement, citing past dismissals, a civil grand jury report, and case examples where complainants say orders were not enforced.
Public comment at the joint meeting focused on perceived failures in enforcement and urged the Ethics Commission to take faster, more effective action to secure public records and open meetings rights.
Patrick Manette Shaw read parts of the task force’s April 3 memo and said the task force’s primary concern was that the staff draft “had so drastically restricted the commission's enforcement jurisdiction as to render it…non‑enforcement nonexistent.” Peter Warfield, who said his…
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