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Capital Report: 2-11-2020

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:28:57
Publish Date: 2020-02-10 23:00:00
Description: The Florida Legislature wants a lot less "sunshine" in the high-profile searches for presidents of state colleges and universities. Lawmakers are again pushing bills that would keep the names of campus presidential candidates secret until the final days before a decision is made. But there's strong opposition to this idea and passage won't come easy. Steve Bousquet reports. As we just heard from Steve Bousquet, the a persistent desire by some in the Florida Legislature to shield public college and university presidential searches from public scrutiny is back for the umpteenth time. The arguments remain the same. Supporters say the state’s open records laws keep good people away because they don’t want employers to know their job hunting. Opponents argue sunshine is the best disinfectant and fear closing such high-profile jobs from public access will create an environment of cronyism. Is either true? Lynn Hatter spoke with Zach Smith of the executive search firm Witt Kieffer to get an
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