Tag: Jimmy Patronis
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The case that won’t die: DeSantis joins Patronis in boosting fortunes of big contributor in ‘Tooth Fairy’ case
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Operation Tooth Fairy, the insurance fraud case cooked up by Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis that Miami-Dade prosecutors refused to prosecute, has been quietly reanimated and retargeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
Florida bankers want Supreme Court to backtrack on big funding boost for legal aid to needy
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A trailblazing, longstanding program that funnels interest from lawyers’ trust accounts to legal aid for low-income Floridians is drawing both positive and negative attention. -
Ambitious Florida CFO Patronis and the case of the curious $50,000 political contribution
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. -
Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide Grand Jury to investigate “crimes and wrongdoing committed against Floridians related to the COVID-19 vaccine.” But if the 18 grand jurors and the prosecutors who will shepherd them do an actual investigation, the governor’s request should backfire unpleasantly on him and his apparent hopes for higher political office. -
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. -
Citizens Property Insurance chairman got millions in no-bid state coronavirus contracts
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The chairman of the board of governors of Citizens Property Insurance, the state-owned insurer of last resort, obtained millions of dollars in no-bid Florida coronavirus contracts – paperwork the governor’s office has refused to show the public in defiance of state law.
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