By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Just about every South Florida MAGA Republican, including President Donald Trump, has endorsed former Miami City Manager Emilio Gonzalez to be the city’s next mayor. Recently, two of Miami’s Cuban-American congressional members, Maria Elvira Salazar and Mario Diaz-Balart, joined the Gonzalez bandwagon ahead of the December 9 run-off. But their fellow Cuban- American colleague and staunch Trump regime defender, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, has avoided making an endorsement.
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
A legislative committee tasked with being a fiscal watchdog for the state approved a report falsely stating that the requirements of a key financial transparency law have been met despite clear evidence of chronic, widespread violations of the law.
By Nate Monroe
The Tributary
An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled this week in a remarkable resurrection of the case. The suit, which has two Florida pension funds as the lead plaintiffs, argues that the company made misleading statements as Florida newspapers several years ago uncovered evidence of a wide range of misdeeds, including involvement in efforts to warp Florida elections through the use of “ghost” candidates, use of dirty tricks to acquire Jacksonville’s city-owned electric utility, surveillance of a journalist and attempts to control media coverage.
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A former Florida Bar president has accused the Bar of “cheating” in a politically noxious lawyer grievance case that has baffled and disturbed a federal judge, a former justice and a bunch of old-pro attorneys.
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