Tag: Republican Party of Florida
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Widely shared video shows 2018 DUI arrest of new state GOP chair Evan Power, disgraced Ziegler’s replacement
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org An old DUI arrest video is careening around cyberspace in an obvious effort to discredit Evan Power, the new Florida Republican Party chairman.
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Ambitious Florida CFO Patronis and the case of the curious $50,000 political contribution
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis hadn’t even put a tooth under his pillow before his political action committee raked in the curious $50,000 contribution that foreshadowed his office’s launch of Operation Tooth Fairy.
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Florida Chief Justice Muniz’s tour for abortion opponents provokes concerns about court bias at critical moment
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org As the raging national debate over abortion was starting to engulf the Florida Supreme Court last January, now-Chief Justice Carlos Muniz personally led a private courthouse tour for an anti-abortion crusader and his supporters.
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Politics and Florida’s Supreme Court: The remarkable rise of the next chief justice
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org When Florida Supreme Court justices elect their in-house leader, tradition dictates that they honor seniority. So it’s remarkable that on March 9, the justices ignored seniority and bypassed the obvious choice, Justice Alan Lawson, to tap a relative newcomer, Justice Carlos Muniz.
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Publix: Where political giving to DeSantis helped get no-bid COVID vaccine business
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org By partnering with Publix to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens, Gov. Ron DeSantis handed the Lakeland-based grocery chain a lucrative new business that has charged millions of dollars to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.
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Ashley Moody, Republican dark money and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office abruptly scrubbed her state website shortly after Jan. 6 to remove mention that she was a director of a conservative dark money group tied to the infamous insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
