Sorry for the delay – time for another installment of Inside the Tallahassee bubble news Three years ago this May Gov. Rick Scott unveiled an initiative that he said would help citizens hold their government accountable. Project Sunburst as it was called was described as a way to increase access to public records held by […]
Charges against ex-Flagler elections chief drift into murky legal terrain- The Daytona Beach News-Journal
BUNNELL — Two-party consent is the critical component when considering whether a recorded conversation is deemed legal or illegal, but the argument at trial — if it gets that far — could rest on an individual’s expectation of privacy. Kimberle Weeks, the former Flagler County elections supervisor, was arrested Wednesday morning following a grand jury […]
Bousquet column: Scott, Crist use state ethics panels to swap political charges – Tampa Bay Times
Florida voters, you can stay home. The campaigns of Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist apparently have decided to put the future of Florida in the hands of only 18 people. Those are the appointees (mostly Scott’s) to the Commission on Ethics and the Florida Elections Commission. The workloads of both nine-member panels […]