The Ledger reported yesterday that at their March 22 meeting, the Polk County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to challenge a 2000 amendment to the Polk County charter that cuts the salary of county commissioners by half and sets a limit on service at two terms. Commissioner Bob English was quoted as saying that he [...]
Sorry for the non-legal post, but you have just shy of 2 hours to submit a bracket in the NCAA tournament contest I am running over at Lakeland Local. Get those entries in by noon!
It bothers me every time I read a quote like this. This one just happens to be from the Winter Haven Police Department concerning an interview of a person of interest in a missing person case, but it could have come from any of a number of agencies (source): Winter Haven Police Chief Gary Hester [...]
An appellate opinion has been issued in the case of John Stelmack, the Scott Lake Elementary principal who was convicted of possession of child pornography. For background, see my prior blog post on the case. As I predicted, the court’s analysis focused on the statutory language, and not on any over-arching Constitutional principles. Download the [...]
No, it isn’t. But you may have a problem if the engine is running, the lights are on, the stench of alcohol emanates from the window, and you don’t wake up when the cops bang on the roof. There’s an opinion just out in the Second District Court of Appeals, based in Lakeland, with facts that make [...]