Polk Law Blog

Chuck Welch over at lakelandlocal.com did great job of describing the transaction history of Lakeland City Commission candidate James Goetz’s home. I thought I would expand on his work and provide a more detailed legal analysis of the transactions. Please go read Chuck’s post first. (I hope he doesn’t mind if I call him Chuck.) [...]

The recent hubbub over the Polk County School Board’s refusal to provide personal information about participants in its employee health plan has gotten me thinking about public records disclosure and using the legal system to effectuate social change. If you haven’t been paying attention, here’s what happened: