Category: Education
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New disclosures only deepen mystery of Rep. Donalds’s wife’s charter school companies
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), a leading candidate for governor, updated his personal financial disclosures in August following a Florida Bulldog story finding he had failed to fully report his wife’s stakes in companies that provide services to a charter school chain she co-founded. -
Firms belonging to wife of Rep. Donalds grabbed millions in charter school contracts
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
For years, Erika Donalds has used her perch atop the nonprofit Optima Foundation—not to mention her marriage to U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), now a top contender for governor—to make herself a force in Florida’s charter school movement. But materials filed with Florida’s Auditor General show… -
New College, Rufo dodge trial as watchdog gives up records hunt, calls for criminal investigation
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The watchdog group that pursued a two-year long public records lawsuit against New College of Florida and various trustees appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis has abandoned its effort to extract records documenting the ideological takeover of the school in January 2023, now claiming there are no records left to pursue. -
Rufo, New College trustees headed to trial for hiding public records
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Militant anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo is on the path to a trial in Florida state court over allegations he and other board members of New College of Florida illegally withheld records documenting their ideological takeover of the school in 2023. -
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony gets nicked, but dodges another landmine. How does he do it?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony, wrist dutifully slapped by the state commission that sets police standards, is back on top again. But how does he continue to dodge multiple landmines that would have exploded the careers of most other politicians? -
‘Sheriff Dr. Tony’ and BSO’s budding cult of personality
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
There are some strange goings-on at the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Respected current and former deputies and observers are disturbed after watching many of Sheriff Gregory Tony’s top staff publicly glorify him on video, a budding cult of personality.
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