Category: Issues
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NRA dumps longtime Florida lobbyist Marion Hammer, halts hundreds of thousands in payments flowing to her
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
No one seems to agree on the actual origin of the idiom, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” But it’s nonetheless useful to describe what just happened to longtime National Rifle Association Florida lobbyist Marion Hammer. -
Whitewash at Florida ethics commission as commissioner Freddie Figgers beats ‘speeding ticket’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After listening to a whitewash proffered by its general counsel, Florida’s Commission on Ethics Friday gave absolution to ethics commissioner Freddie Figgers for failing to file a required financial disclosure form for 2021. -
Hundreds of South Dade residents oppose proposed ALF along busway; County commission again fails to act Tuesday
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
UPDATE: April 16 – For the third time in as many months, the controversial plan to rezone a small parcel along the South Dade busway to allow a 216-bed assisted living facility was deferred Tuesday after Miami-Dade County commissioners again failed to muster enough votes to approve or defeat the proposal. -
New records show Republicans blocked FEC probe into claims FPL used conduits to hide its illegal contributions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The spirit of the Watergate scandal investigation was invoked after Republicans blocked a probe into claims that Florida Power & Light used a network of conduit corporations to hide $1.27 million in possibly illegal contributions to federal and state political committees. -
Florida Commission on Ethics set to cancel $1,500 fine for one of its own
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Believe it or not. Florida’s ethically challenged Commission on Ethics is poised to waive a $1,500 fine for one of its own commissioners. -
Supreme Court is playing a cruel joke: Florida voters won’t have final say on abortion in November
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Supreme Court is playing a cruel joke on Florida voters: They won’t have final say on abortion in November
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