By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer-funded charter schools overseen by the wife of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds gave tens of millions in construction contracts to a Jacksonville firm that, according to one irate academy’s lawsuit, simultaneously set up investment vehicles to plow money into her side ventures.
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
For years, Erika Donalds has used her perch atop the nonprofit Optima Foundation—not to mention her marriage to U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), now a top contender for governor—to make herself a force in Florida’s charter school movement. But materials filed with Florida’s Auditor General show…
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