Lobbying Congress Can Push Florida Officials Over Sunshine Law’s Edge

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Delegations of Florida officials who travel to Washington to lobby the administration or Congress may be violating the state’s public meetings law, the Miami Herald reported. Florida law provides a gathering of two or more officeholders talking public business, whether the meeting is in state or out, must be public. Often, they aren’t. “This is Congress,” one aide explained. (3/22/07