After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.
Alex Pickett is the Courthouse News Service reporter for the Tampa Bay area. In his 18 years of reporting, Alex's stories have spanned from investigations into zoos, police departments and homelessness to violations of Florida's Sunshine Laws. He has written award-winning features on the longest sentence served by a non-violent drug offender, the effects of gentrification on a historic African-American neighborhood and the apathy toward a rural Florida county devastated by Hurricane Michael. He has hitchhiked the state of Florida, spent early mornings in hobo camps (for a story, of course) and covered the sensational Hulk Hogan sex tape trial. Alex is one of only a handful of American reporters to be waterboarded. Contact for all things Florida: the politics, the environment, the gators in your gazebo. And the legal issues in between.
Follow @alexbpickett
After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.
The president and his sons blame the agency for a former contractor’s theft of their financial information that led to a series of news reports.
The case between the controversial rap group and the label that purchased its albums years ago spotlights artists’ rights under U.S. copyright law.
After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.
After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.
After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.
After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.
After Redington Beach passed an ordinance enshrining customary use of beaches eight years ago, the seaside town has faced a long line of litigants contesting beachgoers encroaching on the sand behind their waterfront properties.