By Francisco Avarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar’s re-election committee has amassed $147,400 in illegal excessive campaign contributions for her primary, according to a pair of recent warning letters from the Federal Elections Commission.
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
In a blow to transparency, the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust is no longer posting its investigative reports online. And soon, the ethics commission will remove other public documents that have been available on its website for years.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Commission on Ethics found “probable cause” last month to believe that Broward County Commissioner Tim Ryan filed inaccurate financial disclose forms from 2015-2017, but dropped the case after choosing to take no further action.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Corruption. The dictionary defines it as “dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by powerful people.”
How else to explain the failures of both the Florida Senate and the Florida ethics commission to hold powerful National Rifle Association lobbyist and board member Marion Hammer accountable for not disclosing more than $1.7 million in arguably illegal payments she received from the NRA between 2007 and 2018?
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami Beach cop’s year-long effort to get county ethics officials to investigate credible allegations of cheating and other irregularities with the city’s exam process for promoting police officers has been snubbed.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Why did the Florida ethics commission vote to let NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer off without sending her case to the governor and cabinet for a possible public hearing, further investigation and, if necessary, an “appropriate penalty’’? The answer involves a kind of pretzel logic…
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