Category: Legislature
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NRA pays lobbyist Marion Hammer big bucks, but you won’t find that disclosed in Tallahassee
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The National Rifle Association paid powerhouse Tallahassee lobbyist Marion Hammer more than a quarter million dollars last year in the wake of the Parkland school massacre, according to an internal NRA document obtained by Florida Bulldog. -
Bye-Bye to Florida’s blind trust law and the protections it gave to Rick Scott and his vast wealth
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
To little notice last week, the Legislature voted unanimously to repeal Florida’s failed blind trust statute – a short-lived law best known for allowing Republican Rick Scott to shield tens of millions of dollars of his assets from public view, while also immunizing him from numerous conflicts of interest as governor. -
As Republicans move to scrap blind trusts, Democrat agriculture chief Nikki Fried launches one
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After years of embarrassing news about mega-wealthy former Gov. Rick Scott’s financial conflicts of interest, state Republicans in the House and Senate are pushing bills to repeal Florida’s controversial qualified blind trust statute. But that won’t affect the new blind trust quietly set up by new Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried. -
As Florida jails more kids than any other state, criminal justice reform is again on the table in Tallahassee
By Deirdra Funcheon
Thanks to decades of tough-on-crime policies, Florida now has the third-largest prison population in the United States — nearly 100,000 people, including more minors than any other state. Florida requires people to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences and has abolished parole. All this costs taxpayers $2.4 billion per year. -
Has developer-dominated Fort Lauderdale DDA taxing district outlived its usefulness?
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican State Rep. Chip LaMarca, wants to extend the life of the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority until 2050. DDA critics are not happy. -
Broward’s elections chief misled ethics commission about Scott’s sham blind trust
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Rick Scott’s newly appointed Broward elections boss was a staunch defender for Scott’s sham blind trust, and falsely told the Florida’s ethics commission five years ago that it was “modeled on” a federal blind trust.
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