By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The late Gov. Reubin Askew, who helped fashion the Sunshine Law and ethics rules for state government, recalled in an oral history that when Florida politicians saw this major reform brewing in the mid-1960s, “it just scared them to death.” Now their successors have little to fear.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Way back in 1951 The Miami Herald ran the Pulitzer Prize-winning project “Know Your Neighbor” that called out organized crime figures who lived in town.
If U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden’s suspicions about former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law are correct, it might be time to consider an update spotlighting unregistered foreign agents.
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony, up for re-election in November, is exceedingly confident. So confident that he gave a whopping $50,000 from his political committee to the political committee of Miami-Dade sheriff candidate James Reyes.
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A recent whistleblower’s lawsuit lays bare how Bay Harbor Islands Police Chief Lindsley Noel ascended to the top spot despite getting caught “double-dipping,” earning tens of thousands of dollars in off-duty pay when he was also on-duty for the town’s cop force.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Operation Tooth Fairy, the insurance fraud case cooked up by Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis that Miami-Dade prosecutors refused to prosecute, has been quietly reanimated and retargeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis made news last week by enshrining climate change denial in state law, just as 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, meaning Floridians can expect a hyperactive hurricane season starting June 1.
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