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Jackpine Radical

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14. No, there was nothing illegal about publishing this stuff, but

Reply to former9thward (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 12:10 PM

Feb 2015

neither was there a requirement that they do so, and it might have been wiser not to. Likely a lot of the people who wrote the emails had no notion that their email would be published (as opposed to just public, like, say, court records). Perhaps they would have chosen different words in certain instances if they had known that the messages would be published widely, and they may thus feel their trust violated.

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And he's known as the smart brother! Scuba Feb 2015 #10

He might be a little smarter but he is just as evil. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #12

That's a pretty low bar ... nt TBF Feb 2015 #16

These are public records. former9thward Feb 2015 #11

No, there was nothing illegal about publishing this stuff, but Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #14

Not illegal, but very offensive. Very offensive. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #20

Florida Sunshine law makes it public csziggy Feb 2015 #29

The very FOIA law in FL mentions radicating personal data. joshcryer Feb 2015 #26

Nope. former9thward Feb 2015 #31

119.071(5) exempts SS # among many other things. joshcryer Feb 2015 #32

The OP was specifically about "releasing names and emails addresses". former9thward Feb 2015 #33

Not just the names & email addresses. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #13

There was a story here earlier about a teen who attached a Chili Beef Recipe instead of a resume. jtuck004 Feb 2015 #17

That is utterly offensive! Jeb Bush doesn't put much value on the privacy of his constituents. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #19

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Seems he has as little concern f/ privacy as his brother. Panich52 Feb 2015 #25

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two words sgtbenobo Feb 2015 #28

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