Tag: Nikki Fried
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Cities, counties brace for Tallahassee to escalate war on home rule for local issues next session
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org The new year promises hopeful resolutions, healthier diets and, in the Florida state Capitol, more pounding away at the battered right of home rule.
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Antonacci gets a new job and an old problem: the appearance of a conflict of interest with his wife
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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N.Y. figured out NRA’s dishonesty, but Florida Senate, ethics commission bootlicked NRA’s Hammer
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…
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The election’s not over until Florida’s overseas voters chime in – if they can
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Civilian expatriates who cast their votes in Florida are hitting new roadblocks.
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Florida Commission on Ethics lifts NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer off the hook
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org The Florida Commission on Ethics has found “no probable cause” to believe that National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer didn’t adhere to state lobbyist registration requirements, and it also dismissed a second allegation that she failed to properly file lobbyist compensation reports.
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NRA’s Marion Hammer got illegal loans from nonprofit she runs, Unified Sportsmen of Florida
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer has obtained several apparently illegal loans over the years from Unified Sportsmen of Florida, the Tallahassee nonprofit she founded and runs, Florida Bulldog has found.
