The unanimous vote comes under new transparency rules. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet on Wednesday voted to appoint two agency chiefs that have engendered controversy inside state government and from outside activists in recent months. During a lengthy public interview, Florida Department of Law Enforcement commissioner Rick Swearingen received praise […]
Ruling means blind trusts are likely here to stay – Orlando Sentinel
In 1976, Florida voters agreed that “a public office is a public trust,” even though many of its politicians were treating it like a license to bribe. Floridians wrote the Sunshine Amendment into the Constitution thanks to the campaigning of Democratic Gov. Reubin Askew, requiring “full and fair disclosure of [elected officeholders’] financial interests” in order […]
