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DeSantis ignores inconvenient facts to appoint Judge Renatha Francis to Florida Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Palm Beach Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court, ignoring documented incidents that call into question her fitness to serve on the state’s most powerful tribunal. -
Everglades Foundation’s politically fraught lawsuit against its former top scientist unsealed in Miami
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami-Dade Circuit judge Monday unsealed a 19-page complaint and other records filed by the Everglades Foundation in early April in a politically charged lawsuit against its former top scientist. -
Far from court at a condo pool, Judge Renatha Francis is said to threaten to take away a stranger’s kids
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
High-profile Judge Renatha Francis and her husband, Phillip Fender, provoked a bizarre scene at a condo swimming pool on the Fourth of July, a woman whose family is still reeling from it said. -
Coral Springs police failed to investigate ‘suspicious incident’ involving part-time cop, a gun and woman passed out in his pick-up truck
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A part-time officer with the Coral Springs Police appears to have abandoned an inebriated woman in the backseat of his truck with his personal firearm in the center console, but the department’s top brass quickly shut down any possibility of an investigation. -
Former chief justice, state rep blast system that teed up Renatha Francis for Florida Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A former Florida Supreme Court chief justice and a state legislator are calling for an end to governors dictating who joins the state’s highest court based on politics instead of excellence. -
Big money and Sheriff Tony’s OK smoothed convicted felon’s return to Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When the Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council handed out medals for bravery in May, the honored officers and firefighters got their awards and a handshake from a convicted felon on federal probation.
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