Despite warnings that they were creating a “roadmap” for companies to circumvent the state’s public records law, a divided Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday that could allow oil and gas companies to shield the chemicals used in the fracking process. The measure, SB 1582, builds on legislation pending before the House and Senate that imposes new […]
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 […]
