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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided April 22, 2002Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. E.D. "Sonny" Vergara Executive Director Southwest Florida Water Management District 2379 Broad Street Brooksville, Florida 34604-6899

Dear Mr. Vergara:

On behalf of the Southwest Florida Water Management District you have asked for my opinion on substantially the following question:

Does use of an online "bulletin board" for the discussion of issues that may foreseeably come before a water management district basin board violate the Government in the Sunshine Law, under the following circumstances:

1. The bulletin board is open for a period of at least twenty days and perhaps longer; 2.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Board of Public Instruction of Broward Cty. v. DoranSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
  2. Town of Palm Beach v. GradisonSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  3. Times Publishing Company v. WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
  4. City of Miami Beach v. BernsSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  5. Canney v. Board of Pub. Instruction of Alachua Cty.Supreme Court of Florida · 1973

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