By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A longtime conservative political commentator and author under federal indictment for conspiring to illegally funnel Russian money to the Trump campaign in 2016 has died.
The Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee has a problem.
On Tuesday, it informed the Federal Elections Commission that it may be late with its required monthly financial filing because its member responsible for submitting reports electronically died suddenly on Saturday of COVID-19.
The late Gregg Prentice developed software that converted the committee’s QuickBooks data into information usable by the FEC. But “Gregg did not share the software and instructions with our officers,” the committee explained in its special filing with the FEC.
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has given more than $4 million in no-bid, coronavirus-related state contracts to a social media startup co-founded based in New York City and led by the son of a South Florida billionaire and prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his 1926 short story The Rich Boy, famously wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”
Today’s very rich Republicans and Democrats exploit their difference to spend as much as they want
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Millions of dollars in no-bid state contracts issued as part of Florida’s COVID-19 response have gone to a trio of firms tied to men who’ve contributed hefty sums to support Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political ambitions.