Category: Governor
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Lawsuit says Broward Sheriff Tony is likely a convicted felon and if so can’t hold office
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Republican candidate for Broward sheriff and three others filed suit Friday contending that incumbent Sheriff Gregory Tony, a Democrat, is a convicted felon and if so is disqualified from holding office under the Florida Constitution. -
DeSantis’s justice-screening panel blamed for Francis fiasco and all-white Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Renatha Francis was to have been the first Florida Supreme Court justice from the black Jamaican-American community, but it didn’t happen after a fight erupted between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the court. The fault for this fiasco lies mostly with the governor-controlled panel that screens potential justices: the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. -
Miami-Dade rock miners continue to blast away with help from Legislature
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam has lambasted as virtually worthless a new state program to monitor rock blasting in northwestern Miami-Dade in response to residents’ complaints that it reverberates powerfully through nearby homes. -
Florida Supreme Court reject Renatha Francis now in line for lifetime federal judgeship
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Wounded but defiant, Gov. Ron DeSantis dangled the consolation prize of a federal judgeship for Renatha Francis at a zero-hour press conference where he named someone else to the Florida Supreme Court. Republican politics of the moment suggests Francis will secure that prize and possibly spend decades on the federal bench, along with a growing legion of conservative colleagues who, like her, will enjoy lifetime tenure. -
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.
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