Tag: blind trust
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Antonacci gets a new job and an old problem: the appearance of a conflict of interest with his wife
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By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Outgoing Broward Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci was named Tuesday by Florida’s Cabinet to be the next Chief Judge/Executive Director of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings. But his new job creates an immediate appearance of a conflict of interest involving his wife.
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Bye-Bye to Florida’s blind trust law and the protections it gave to Rick Scott and his vast wealth
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By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org To little notice last week, the Legislature voted unanimously to repeal Florida’s failed blind trust statute – a short-lived law best known for allowing Republican Rick Scott to shield tens of millions of dollars of his assets from public view, while also immunizing him from numerous conflicts of interest as governor.
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Broward’s elections chief misled ethics commission about Scott’s sham blind trust
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Gov. Rick Scott’s newly appointed Broward elections boss was a staunch defender for Scott’s sham blind trust, and falsely told the Florida’s ethics commission five years ago that it was “modeled on” a federal blind trust.
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Headlines and links to Florida Bulldog’s five years of reporting on Gov. Rick Scott
From a Miami reader of Florida Bulldog: “Your series on [Gov. Rick] Scott and corruption has been terrific and significant. How about, as soon as possible, posting a summary, i.e. the headline and link to your archives, so that readers can see all the relevant stories in one place? ” A great suggestion.
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Gov. Scott’s federal financial disclosure disguised blind trust loan to daughter
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Gov. Rick Scott’s blind trust loaned as much as $5 million to a Delaware company privately owned by his daughter Jordan. But you wouldn’t know it by reading Scott’s recent “full and complete” federal financial disclosure form.
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Florida First Lady’s loan to accountant for governor’s blind trust may have broken state law
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Gov. Rick Scott’s wife may have broken Florida law by loaning more than $100,000 to an accountant who works for the investment firm that manages the governor’s $215-million blind trust.
