Tag: Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
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State ethics commissioner Figgers, a DeSantis favorite, snags million dollar contract from Central Florida tourism district run by ex-colleague
By Dan Christensen
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Florida ethics commission chair quits after conflict-of-interest exposed
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida ethics commission chairman Glenton “Glen” Gilzean Jr. resigned Tuesday, opting instead to hold onto his $400,000-a-year job as administrator of the Central Florida special district that Florida removed from the control of the Walt Disney Company. -
Defiant Gilzean’s $400K public job ‘inconsistent’ with his ethics commission seat, but he won’t quit
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Like a hooked swordfish, Florida ethics commission chairman Glenton “Glen” Gilzean Jr. is battling to hold onto both his post and his $400,000-a-year public job even as he was handed a legal opinion saying he must choose between them. -
The Gilzean files: Your governor’s press office in action
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
From time to time, news reporters publish stories that draw reactions from elected leaders or their staff who claim a story is wrong. Occasionally they are right and a correction or even a retraction is published. Mostly, though, the complaints are bogus – intended to intimidate or coerce a minor correction that can be used to try and discredit an entire story. -
DeSantis appointed, Fl. Senate confirmed Gilzean to ethics post when rules said he was ineligible
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis sure loves Glenton “Glen” Gilzean Jr. – so much in fact that he’s appointed Gilzean to the Florida Commission on Ethics three times, in August 2019, December 2020 and again in August 2022. And each time Gilzean’s appointment was later confirmed by the Florida Senate, most recently in April. -
State ethics commission chair Gilzean has $400,000 conflict of interest as new boss of Disney’s usurped special district
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Commission on Ethics Chairman Glenton “Glen” Gilzean Jr. has an ethical problem – an unacknowledged conflict of interest.
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