The former chief of staff to the late Gov. Reubin Askew is now asking the Florida Supreme Court to throw out the state’s blind trust law, saying it violates the constitutional requirement that public officials to fully disclose their financial assets. Jim Apthorp, who served as Askew’s chief of staff, lost his appeal to the […]
State Capital briefs – The News Service of Florida
CABINET TO DISCUSS LAW FIRMS FOR SUNSHINE SUIT At least three law firms are vying for a contract to represent Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet in a case that alleges violations of the Sunshine Law in the ouster of former Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey. Scott and the Cabinet are […]
Court kills challenge to blind-trust law for politicians – Orlando Sentinel
An appeals court Monday tossed out a constitutional challenge to a 2013 law that allows public officials to put their assets into blind trusts, pointing to the “speculative nature” of the case. Jim Apthorp, who served as chief of staff to former Gov. Reubin Askew, filed the challenge last year alleging that the blind-trust law […]
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