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Sunshine Sunday 2010
Editorials
- Cape Coral Daily Breeze
- Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Florida Today
- Lakeland Ledger
- Naples Daily News
- The St. Augustine Record
- St. Petersburg Times
- Tallahassee Democrat
- The Villages Daily Sun
Cartoons
- The Baker County Press by Ed Hall
- Daytona Beach News-Journal by Bruce Beattie
- The Florida Times-Union by Ed Gamble
- Florida Today by Jeff Parker
- The Villages Daily Sun by Bill Landis
Columns
- Sunshine Week: A Celebration of the Public’s Right to Know By Charlie Crist, Governor, State of Florida
- Sunshine History by Bill Cotterell, Tallahassee Democrat
- Lawmakers Should Publicly Disclose Votes that Could Pad Their Wallets by Paula Dockery, State Senator
- Crist faces final test this session to secure his open government legacy By Mary Ellen Klas, Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
- The Sunshine Law Battles of a Man and his Dachshund By Fane Lozman, rbslime.com
- Is it time, finally, for reform? By Barbara A. Petersen, First Amendment Foundation
- Water and Sunshine By Diane Roberts, Author and Columnist
Stories
- Joint bill would open budget process to the public By Martin Merzer, Associated Press Writer
- Sunshine Sunday box a quick look at Sunshine Sunday
- Proposed Sunshine bills in the 2010 Legislature
- Champions and Chumps A selection of Legislators who have acted in the interest of Florida's Sunshine Laws or who have sponsored bills that are contrary to them.
Sunshine Week Essay Contest
- Open to Florida high-school students in grades 9-12. The first-place winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship, second-place will receive a $1,500 scholarship, and third place will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The contest is supported through the Volunteer Florida Foundation. Winners will be invited to attend an event at the Governor’s Mansion. Congratulations to this year's contest winners and thanks to everyone who entered. >>More information
- First Place essay
Freedom of the Press and the Sunshine Law: Knowledge and Power in Government By Emily Cochrane, 9th grade, Coral Reef Senior High, Miami -
Second Place essay
First Amendment and Sunshine Laws By Melissa Phillips, 10th grade, Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg -
Third Place essay
The People, the Press, and Grievances By Ronald Charles Johnston, Jr., 12th grade, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville
New Material for ASNE Sunshine Toolkit
New Sunshine Week 2010 toolkit material is now available for use!
You’ll find editorial cartoons, op-eds, calendar, logos and info graphics there. Just click on the tab for “Toolkits.”
New material will be posted daily. Later this week, we will post a nationwide poll on the public’s attitudes about FOIA.