By Gary Fineout TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is defending the use taxpayer money to pay a hefty legal settlement, but there are questions about whether his administration was transparent in how it got the money. State officials last week paid $700,000 to Tallahassee attorney Steven Andrews to settle seven lawsuits. The […]
Government in the sunshine? – Tallahassee Democrat
On Tuesday, Florida House Republicans held a closed-door, no-outsiders-allowed meeting on the topic that looks like it’s going to send the Legislature into a special session: health care. You may ask: Isn’t that illegal? Doesn’t it violate the Sunshine Law? Turns out, the answer is no. While the Florida Constitution requires all meetings between two […]
Open, transparent government is a state of mind – Tallahassee Democrat
“We’re asking you to trust us.” — Steve Crisafulli, April 21, 2015 That’s easy for him to say — easy for House Republicans to hear — because they were in the room. The other 19 million people of Florida were locked out. It’s their money, their lives, their environment and their schools that are affected […]
