Tag: Ron DeSantis
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Florida taxpayers paid $1.72 million to compensate ‘wrongly incarcerated’ Sidney Holmes. Did the state get it right?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The State v. Sidney Lamar Holmes is finally over. After 34 years behind bars, he’s now two years out of prison. And with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature this month on a special appropriation to compensate Holmes, unanimously passed by the Legislature, Florida’s taxpayers are out $1.72 million. -
Broward Sheriff Tony backs down on immigration stance after Florida AG threatens his job
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Faced with what amounted to an ultimatum from Tallahassee that he assist ICE and enforce federal immigration law, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony appeared to back down late Monday from his earlier public vow not to cooperate. -
Florida AG warns Broward Sheriff Tony he can be removed from office if he doesn’t enforce federal immigration law
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Upset by Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s recent refusal to help enforce federal immigration law, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier today warned Tony that his failure to do so could lead the governor to remove him from office. -
New College, Rufo dodge trial as watchdog gives up records hunt, calls for criminal investigation
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
The watchdog group that pursued a two-year long public records lawsuit against New College of Florida and various trustees appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis has abandoned its effort to extract records documenting the ideological takeover of the school in January 2023, now claiming there are no records left to pursue. -
President Donald Trump: still a convicted felon, still allowed to break Florida law with impunity
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
While federal judges say some of President Trump’s orders are illegal, Florida state officials seem to take for granted that he alone stands above the law. -
Rufo, New College trustees headed to trial for hiding public records
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Militant anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo is on the path to a trial in Florida state court over allegations he and other board members of New College of Florida illegally withheld records documenting their ideological takeover of the school in 2023.
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