Category: Florida
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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. -
The two campaigns of Byron Donalds and why he appears to be violating state law
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Congressman Byron Donalds wants it both ways. As most everyone knows by now, the Naples Republican is running to become Florida’s next governor. But guess what? He’s also seeking re-election to Congress. -
Florida Bar protects Pam Bondi, other top officials from misconduct scrutiny
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Although the Florida Bar pledges to safeguard the public by “prosecuting unethical attorneys,” it gives lawyers holding public office a free pass when they are accused of ethical wrongdoing. -
Florida taxpayers paid $1.72 million to compensate ‘wrongly incarcerated’ Sidney Holmes. Did the state get it right?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The State v. Sidney Lamar Holmes is finally over. After 34 years behind bars, he’s now two years out of prison. And with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature this month on a special appropriation to compensate Holmes, unanimously passed by the Legislature, Florida’s taxpayers are out $1.72 million. -
Bondi Bar complaint, a non-starter in Florida, revived in high-profile Maryland immigration case
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi had her aide respond scornfully last month when a coalition of 70 lawyers, legal scholars and former judges asked the Florida Bar to investigate her for professional misconduct. -
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…
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