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“Members and supporters of that group have filed a series of ethics complaints against the commission and city staff, filed lawsuits, including the Sunshine Law case, challenging actions that directly and indirectly led to approval of the hotel projects, and just days ago implied they intend to oust City Manager Shane Crawford.”

“What Circuit Judge Jack Day did find was that commissioners submitting ballots — and Ghovaee being notified by city staff of his pending appointment — outside of a public meeting violated state law requiring those actions be done in the open.”

The court, in finding the commission violated the Sunshine Law, voided Ghovaee’s appointment.

*As written in the Tampa Bay Times article “Court rules Madeira Beach violated Sunshine Law, removes commissioner” by Sheila Mullane Estrada, Times Correspondent.
Check out the full story here: http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/court-rules-madeira-beach-violated-sunshine-law-removes-commissioner/2315816

 

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