TALLAHASSEE — An emergency lawsuit filed in the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday raises an election-year constitutional challenge to a law that allows statewide elected officials to place their personal financial assets in blind trusts. The obvious target is Gov. Rick Scott, the first officeholder to take advantage of the law, but he’s not a […]
In support of Gov. Askew’s legacy of open government, ex-aide challenges Florida’s blind trust law at Supreme Court – BrowardBulldog.org
The former chief of staff for the late Gov. Reubin Askew filed an emergency petition at the Florida Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the legality of the state’s 2013 blind trust law. The 27-page petition by James Apthorp urged the court to prohibit the use of blind trusts by public officials to avoid full financial disclosure […]
New DCF chief promises to keep agency’s child death reports “as open as can be’’ – Miami Herald
Mike Carroll pledges a greater emphasis on preventing child deaths and backs off agency’s recent clamp down on information. Hours into his first day as top administrator of the Department of Children & Families, Mike Carroll on Monday began a far-reaching reform of his agency’s response to child deaths — and promised to make the […]