In campaign finance, what goes in must come out. Contributions and who gives them get all the scrutiny but less attention is paid to expenditures: What the campaigns do with all the money they take in. In Florida, candidates and committees are required to list only the most basic information about their expenses despite the […]
Editorial: Scott should come clean about rail project – Tampa Bay Times
When a private company contemplates a major transportation investment stretching across 256 miles of Florida railway and dozens of communities, Floridians deserve to know what their governor knows. But vigorous efforts by Gov. Rick Scott and his administration to deflect questions and mislead the public about the state’s investment in the success of All Aboard […]
Former Florida Governor Reflects On Today’s Partisanship, ‘Overly Cautious’ Candidates – WFSU
Former Florida Gov. Bob Martinez talked today in Tallahassee about the importance of civic engagement. A Smithsonian exhibit on the same topic will be in town for a couple more weeks. Martinez addressed Florida State University applied politics master’s students in the old Senate chambers at the Historic Florida Capitol. Before becoming governor, he’d led a teachers’ union […]
