Tag: Vestar Capital Partners
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Rick Scott paid $200,000 in tax incentives to company in which he had financial interest
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Rick Scott’s administration paid $200,000 in job-creation tax incentives to a Fort Myers-based cancer treatment company in which the governor had a personal financial interest. -
Broward Health begins lobbyist registration – 12 years and millions in contracts late
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Health’s long-lost lobbyist registration policy is, at last, resurrected. Lobbyists looking to influence district policy or the award of profitable contracts must now publicly identify themselves and their clients. -
Gov. Scott’s blind trust and a company with a massive pollution problem
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When Gov. Rick Scott put $133 million of his assets into a blind trust two years ago, he included his shares of Mosaic, owner of the Central Florida fertilizer plant where 215 million gallons of contaminated wastewater recently drained into an aquifer that provides drinking water for millions of Floridians. -
Gov. Scott’s undisclosed interest – via First Lady – in Zika mosquito control company
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has an undisclosed financial interest in a Zika mosquito control company in which his wife, Florida First Lady Ann Scott, owns a multi-million dollar stake through a private investment firm she co-owns. -
Republican-led Broward Health paid $3 million in legal fees to firms tied to Gov. Rick Scott
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican-controlled Broward Health paid two law firms with strong ties to Republican Gov. Rick Scott more than $3 million in legal fees in the last 12 months. -
Broward Health gave company with financial ties to Gov. Scott 25-year, no-bid contract
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
FloridaBulldog.org
An oncology company financially connected to Gov. Rick Scott got a no-bid contract four years ago from taxpayer-supported Broward Health for as long as 25 years – an unprecedented term. Scott was an investor in a private equity firm that owns 21st Century Oncology, state records show.
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