Category: Ethics
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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. -
Broward Sheriff Tony uses NDAs that threaten lucrative benefits to buy silence of top brass
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In what appears to be an unlawful effort to protect himself, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has had his top brass sign employment agreements with a non-disparagement clause that threatens to yank their lucrative post-employment benefits if they publicly criticize him. -
Miami Beach Police sergeant made millions, violated conflict of interest rules providing private security to city’s bars, nightclubs
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For more than a decade, Miami Beach Police Sgt. Luis Corps quietly built a multimillion-dollar private security empire on the same streets he was sworn to police, flouting conflict of interest laws and misleading his superiors about who his private clients were and how much he was making on the side. -
Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook by agreeing statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Bar downplayed a congressional finding that Matt Gaetz, President Trump’s first choice for U.S. Attorney General, committed statutory rape before it abandoned his prosecution. -
Gone in 41 seconds: Tough gift restrictions on Broward’s elected officials
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Forty-one seconds. That’s all it took for the Broward County Commission to gleefully enact an ordinance three weeks ago disposing of tough restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by elected officials in the county’s ethics code. -
Conflicted ethics commission prosecutor paves way to settlement sought by Broward Sheriff Tony
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony’s legal troubles with the State of Florida are finally behind him. The Commission on Ethics decided Friday by a 3-2 vote to accept a settlement deal that ends the case without a public trial that could prove embarrassing to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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