By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis hadn’t even put a tooth under his pillow before his political action committee raked in the curious $50,000 contribution that foreshadowed his office’s launch of Operation Tooth Fairy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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