“Public records are critical for the public's oversight. It's all potentially relevant and useful information to anyone at a certain point of their life.”
“To simply muzzle someone because they're being critical of what their public servants are doing is really disconcerting to me. This is the point of having a public meeting.”
“It's unfortunate that public officials feel that the public is a hindrance is getting their work done. It sounds like they're doing it solely to circumvent the Sunshine Law. The public has a constitutional right of access to open government.”
“This kicks it off with a bang. The public was invited and now they are being told they can't attend, and in the middle of Sunshine Week. It's almost an ironic tragedy that it is occurring.”
