ACLU of Florida Statement on Deletion of Scott Transition Emails

EMAIL ACCOUNTS OF RICK SCOTT AND TRANSITION TEAM DELETED, POTENTIALLY ERASING PUBLIC RECORDS

August 19, 2011

MIAMI -

The following is a statement from ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon on the deletion of email accounts associated with Rick Scott and his transition team.

For additional information, please feel free to contact the ACLU of Florida media office at (786) 363 2737, or media@aclufl.org

The reports that Governor Scott’s transition team deleted email accounts which contained public records are just the latest chapter in the Scott administration’s ongoing saga of disregard for the constitutional requirement of open government.

Time and again, the Scott administration has violated the public trust with its disdain for transparency. Now, with public records that the law requires be kept potentially being deleted, the public trust isn’t all that may have been violated.

We are disappointed, but not surprised, that once again this administration has let down Floridians who expect transparency, openness, and honesty from their government.

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