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 […]
Scott’s legal bills climb another $300,000 with payments to lawyers in Sunshine cases – Naked Politics, Miami Herald
Florida’s legal bill to defend Gov. Rick Scott grew Wednesday, as the governor’s office released documents showing he has agreed pay lawyers $300,000 for defending him in two open government cases that were settled. The legal fees are on top of the nearly $1 million taxpayers have already spent to defend the governor and Cabinet […]
Florida governor urged to pay costs of public records lawsuit – Reuters
The head of Florida’s main open-government organization said Wednesday Governor Rick Scott should personally pay the $700,000 settlement costs of a public records lawsuit, rather than letting taxpayers pick up the tab. Scott agreed to a state-paid settlement after Internet giant Google was ordered to turn over relevant documents in a dispute with a Tallahassee […]
