Category: Governor
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Gov. DeSantis cancels elections and hand-picks trial court judges instead of letting voters decide
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Lawyer Margaret “Maggie” Wagner, who campaigned for a year to succeed a retiring Brevard County judge, was “devastated” when the election was canceled as Gov. Ron DeSantis snatched the opportunity to name another new judge. -
Gov. DeSantis balks at ethics commission recommendation that Broward Sheriff Tony be censured
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In March 2025, Florida’s ethics commission recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis censure and reprimand Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony for lying under oath on a driver’s license renewal application a month after DeSantis appointed him sheriff in January 2019. Had criminal charges been brought, the false statement could have been treated as felony perjury. -
Florida CFO Ingoglia talks transparency, accountability but fails to deliver as $342 million in CFO contracts remain hidden
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia has been touring the state touting the importance of fiscal transparency and accountability, but his own agency has been violating a key fiscal transparency law that helps the public hold the government accountable. -
Broward Sheriff Tony to take budget fight to Tallahassee, but BSO’s budget numbers often don’t add up
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Dr. Gregory Tony wants the State of Florida to force Broward County to give him a hefty budget increase. He wants it so badly that he and a team of his top brass are planning to travel to Tallahassee to appeal the county’s partial denial of his unprecedented billion-dollar-plus proposal. -
Charter business owned by Rep. Donalds’ wife cut side deals with construction firm, lawsuit claims
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer-funded charter schools overseen by the wife of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds gave tens of millions in construction contracts to a Jacksonville firm that, according to one irate academy’s lawsuit, simultaneously set up investment vehicles to plow money into her side ventures. -
Florida Bar flops in effort to demonize DeSantis critic as referee recommends lightest possible sanction
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Bar’s politically charged prosecution of an attorney who publicly challenged Gov. Ron DeSantis’s pandemic policy climaxed Tuesday in embarrassment.
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