Category: Lobbyists
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Despite criminal pardon, ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort agrees to pay big to settle civil penalties
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Former Trump campaign manager and Palm Beach Gardens resident Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle federal charges that he failed to disclose foreign bank accounts he used to funnel “millions of dollars” to himself without paying income taxes. -
Miami Shores council member Wagar lands lobbyist job and breaks the law; If she doesn’t act soon, she’ll break another
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Two years ago, when she was Miami Shores mayor, Crystal Wagar led the charge in hiring The Southern Group to lobby Tallahassee legislators and the governor’s office on the village’s behalf. Now a council member, Wagar recently landed a gig with the same firm, violating a state law that bars public officials from accepting jobs with companies doing business with their governments. -
Florida local politicians win federal suit to block new get-tough lobbying ban
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Local politicians from Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Leon counties on Tuesday got a federal judge’s blessing to continue working as lobbyists. -
New Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book has conflict of interest as Republicans quietly shower taxpayer millions on her charity
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Lauren Book, the newly anointed leader of Florida’s Senate Democrats, has a financial conflict of interest that’s raising questions about her loyalties as her beleaguered party prepares for the challenge of redistricting in January. -
Next chapter in a ‘he said/she said/they said’ nude photo drama of a judge
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
It could be a telenovela plotline, except it’s straight out of new court documents in a high-stakes contest over an upcoming Palm Beach County trial. -
N.Y. figured out NRA’s dishonesty, but Florida Senate, ethics commission bootlicked NRA’s Hammer
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Corruption. The dictionary defines it as “dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by powerful people.” How else to explain the failures of both the Florida Senate and the Florida ethics commission to hold powerful National Rifle Association lobbyist and board member Marion Hammer accountable for not disclosing more than $1.7 million in arguably illegal payments she received from the NRA between 2007 and 2018?
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