01/13/16 – By James Call Sen. Don Gaetz doesn’t like the sound of no. On Monday the Senate Government Oversight and Accountability Committee voted down his anti-corruption bill. So on Tuesday, the Niceville Republican inserted all of the bill’s provisions into another bill. Then he persuaded the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee to approve the proposal […]
Lawmakers keeping finances secret – My Fox Tampa Bay
Hundreds of public officials in Florida have racked up fines from Florida’s Commission on Ethics for not following the state’s financial disclosure law. State law requires public officials to report their personal finances in the interest of transparency. But we found many still keep us in the dark — by reporting late or even not […]
