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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
WHEN IS A
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOT PUBLIC?
Don’t let Florida
officials remove your
right to know from
the newspaper.
T.J. Harrison of Dunnellon caught this 14-pound bass on Lake Rousseau in July, using a “T.J.
worm.” T.J. is an avid fisherman who is on the lake, most every day, by 4:30 a.m. The photo
Proposed legislation SPB 7204 and HB 89 would remove your right to read
was taken by Jane Stone of Inglis.
public notices in newspapers – restricting them to government web sites
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only. The public’s right to know cannot be abandoned in favor of presumed
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cost savings, which are elusive.
Public Notices must be publicly accessible
Look for events on the home page
• 53.6% of Floridian’s over 65 do not have access to the internet*
• 28.1% of African-Americans in Florida do not have access to the internet*
• 34.6% of Hispanics in Florida do not have access to the internet*
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In addition to printed newspapers, Florida’s newspapers provide a supplemental
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searchable access to public notices aggregated from Florida newspapers.
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Government posting of government notices on government websites takes away
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third-party neutrality
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Making government officials responsible for notifying the public on their own
Tuesday-Thursday 10 am - 5 pm
Friday 10 am-6 pm
Saturday 9 am - 4 pm
websites carries with it a potential for abuse. For example, it may create the
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temptation to change or manipulate the timing of public notices. If a scheduled
public notice is not published or contains false information, the newspaper is more
likely to catch the mistake.
ITEMS:
Public Notices must be archived in a secure and accessible format
The internet does not provide as reliable an archival history of public notices as
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newspapers due to its vulnerability in the form of hackers, viruses, and downed
servers.
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Governmental websites do not provide legal affidavits and written proof of
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publication and a secure and verifiable paper trail
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State and local governments, attorneys and private citizens rely on this
documentation to ensure that these notices were published timely and lawfully, as
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newspapers are required by law to do.
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