Category: Governor
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Florida Supremes order DeSantis to pick new justice; says he hasn’t complied with Constitution’s ‘commands’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Ron DeSantis to pick another justice by Monday. -
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Florida Supremes: DeSantis exceeded authority, but his newest pick for high court stands
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Aug. 27 – The Florida Supreme Court ruled today that Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his authority when he appointed Palm Beach Court Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the high court. -
Top DeSantis staff duped into no-bid COVID-19 testing deal with ‘con artist’
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s top emergency management official personally signed off on a major, no-bid COVID-19 testing contract with an unqualified company run by a confessed thief — while the man who supposedly signed for the company says the signature on the contract isn’t his, and he has nothing to do with the firm. -
Citizens Property Insurance chairman got millions in no-bid state coronavirus contracts
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The chairman of the board of governors of Citizens Property Insurance, the state-owned insurer of last resort, obtained millions of dollars in no-bid Florida coronavirus contracts – paperwork the governor’s office has refused to show the public in defiance of state law. -
Court challenge to newest member of Florida Supremes with a thin resume, but good optics
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Editor’s note: This is a July 13 update of a story first published June 3. State Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, petitioned the Florida Supreme Court Monday to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’s latest appointee to the high court from taking her seat. -
Gov. DeSantis hides no-bid COVID contracts from public in defiance of state law
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The DeSantis administration has been hurriedly handing out hundreds of no-bid COVID-19 related state contracts worth tens of millions of dollars while flouting contract transparency laws and stonewalling public records requests.
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