Sharyn Smith, reporter's go-to champion of Florida's Sunshine Laws, dies
Sharyn Smith had fond memories of her first job as Attorney General Robert Shevin‘s chief enforcer of Florida’s open government laws. She spent her 16-hour days helping a highly committed and competitive cadre of publishers and media lawyers put meat on the bones of a muscular update to the Public Records Act and its groundbreaking companion, the Sunshine Law.
Both were conceived and passed when Smith, a Miami native, was still in school at Coral Gables High and the University of Miami.
Smith, who died Saturday of complications from heart surgery, would spend the rest of her career in public service. She was a trusted and influential adviser to lawmakers who did not take orders from Governor...
