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I was going to write exactly this. Florida is the proverbial city on a hill for its progressive crime transparency policies. I'm tired of the ignorant fools giv

I was going to write exactly this. Florida is the proverbial city on a hill for its progressive crime transparency policies. I'm tired of the ignorant fools giving it a bad name because they're going to drag down a very healthy policy with them. I'm convinced that other states and countries try to smear Florida because they're terrified what would happen if they themselves had the bravery to commit to Florida's level of governmental transparency. https://uwf.edu/go/legal-and-consumer-info/florida-sunshine-law/ https://uwf.edu/go/legal-and-consumer-info/florida-sunshine-...

wbsss4412 5y ago
How do you consider it “progressive” that Florida makes it easy to publicly shame people in the press for their transgressions? Most of the time it’s just punching downwards.
- jimbob45 5y ago
  I think my link above would be very helpful for you. It's not just about crime transparency, which is something that virtually every state signaled support for in 2020. It's every governmental activity including university meetings. You know it's working because people get caught trying to circumvent it[0]. The Attorney General hates it[1]. Without it, we wouldn't know about former governor candidate Andrew Gillum being a methhead[2]. I can't confirm this but I'm fairly sure we only know about the expired COVID tests because of this law[3]. I simply encourage you to educate yourself on Florida and to understand that their openness is something to be lauded, not feared or mocked. [0]https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/07/2-florida-county-commissioners-from-the-villages-removed-after-perjury-charges/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/07/2-... [1]https://flaglerlive.com/95717/sunshine-law-snyder/ https://flaglerlive.com/95717/sunshine-law-snyder/ [2]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-gillum-found-at-scene-of-suspected-drug-overdose-in-miami-hotel-room-2020-03-13/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-gillum-found-at-scene-of... [3]https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-confirms-many-1-million-covid-tests-expired-state-stockpile-n1287174 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-conf...
  - wbsss4412 5y ago
    Of those, the only thing I see as being actually significantly beneficial to the public would be the story about expired Covid tests. Knowing that a former gubernatorial candidate is/was a meth head isn’t a crowning achievement.
    - jimbob45 5y ago
      Gillum very likely would have run this year if he hadn't been caught like that.

wbsss4412 5y ago

How do you consider it “progressive” that Florida makes it easy to publicly shame people in the press for their transgressions? Most of the time it’s just punching downwards.

jimbob45 5y ago
I think my link above would be very helpful for you. It's not just about crime transparency, which is something that virtually every state signaled support for in 2020. It's every governmental activity including university meetings. You know it's working because people get caught trying to circumvent it[0]. The Attorney General hates it[1]. Without it, we wouldn't know about former governor candidate Andrew Gillum being a methhead[2]. I can't confirm this but I'm fairly sure we only know about the expired COVID tests because of this law[3]. I simply encourage you to educate yourself on Florida and to understand that their openness is something to be lauded, not feared or mocked. [0]https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/07/2-florida-county-commissioners-from-the-villages-removed-after-perjury-charges/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/07/2-... [1]https://flaglerlive.com/95717/sunshine-law-snyder/ https://flaglerlive.com/95717/sunshine-law-snyder/ [2]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-gillum-found-at-scene-of-suspected-drug-overdose-in-miami-hotel-room-2020-03-13/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-gillum-found-at-scene-of... [3]https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-confirms-many-1-million-covid-tests-expired-state-stockpile-n1287174 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-conf...
- wbsss4412 5y ago
  Of those, the only thing I see as being actually significantly beneficial to the public would be the story about expired Covid tests. Knowing that a former gubernatorial candidate is/was a meth head isn’t a crowning achievement.
  - jimbob45 5y ago
    Gillum very likely would have run this year if he hadn't been caught like that.