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More ethics turmoil as Florida AG’s chief ethics prosecutor quits amid probe she misused job to query state database
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The head of the Florida Attorney General’s Ethics Bureau, which prosecutes cases before the ethics commission, quit abruptly last month after being confronted with evidence she misused her position to improperly query Florida’s Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle database. -
It’s make or break time for 9/11 families’ lawsuit; Saudis seek dismissal despite ‘overwhelming evidence’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The arguments are in and now it’s up to a federal judge in New York City to decide whether the momentous civil lawsuit pitting Saudi Arabia against the 9/11 wounded and families of the 2,977 dead lives or dies. -
‘Apolitical’ Statewide Grand Jury endorses DeSantis’s anti-mask, anti-lockdown policy choices
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A statewide grand jury is writing a chapter of Florida history that says Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration was “following the science” by rejecting masking and lockdowns at the peak of the COVID-19 public health crisis. -
After state judge abdicates, Commission on Ethics to give “MAGA Warrior” rare do-over hearing
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a highly unusual move, Florida’s Commission on Ethics will reconsider charges against controversial Republican State Rep. Randy Fine that it previously found probable cause to believe were true: that he abused and misused his elected office. -
Clash between property rights and higher density rezoning in South Dade causing angst for residents
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
UPDATE – May 8: Residents of a predominantly single-family east Killian neighborhood got some relief from a years-long struggle opposing construction of a 216-bed assisted living facility in their neighborhood Tuesday when the Miami-Dade County Commission failed to rezone the site to the needed higher density.
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