Category: Ethics
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Judges backed Butterworth’s push to nail down DCF’s $44.8 million Broward healthcare contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A state appeals court chief judge and three Broward Circuit Court judges lent their names to Bob Butterworth’s private push for a $44.8 million-a-year state mental health management contract, state records show. -
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New report details how U.S. House members used their positions to benefit themselves, family
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A new study by a Washington watchdog group describes how numerous members of the U.S. House of Representatives – including 18 from Florida – have used their positions to financially benefit themselves and family members. -
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50 states and no winners: lofty government ethics promises often fall short
By Dan Christensen
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Weak ethics agencies, lobbyist regulation tarnish Florida in national integrity investigation
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org with The Center for Public Integrity
Florida kicked off the modern era of open government reforms when it became the first state to pass an open meetings law in 1967. Today, Florida’s Sunshine Law, and its even older Public Records Law, are among the strongest in the nation. But while Florida lets plenty of sun shine in on public meetings and records, it has done a poor job of illuminating the activities of lobbyists. -
State ethics board finds it likely that ex-Broward Health commissioner broke law; does nothing
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Florida ethics commission has found probable cause to believe that Fort Lauderdale consultant Joseph Cobo had business conflicts that “interfered with his public duties” as a North Broward Hospital District commissioner.
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