The top executives of seven of South Florida gambling venues traveled to Tallahassee Wednesday to have a pre-arranged, closed-door meeting with Gov. Rick Scott who, in keeping with his un-even policies on transparency, kept it off his public agenda. The officials — from the Isle of Capri, Dania, Mardi Gras, Calder, Magic City, Miami Jai Alai and […]
Controversy grows over FDLE chief’s exit – Tallahassee Democrat
The scandal over Gov. Rick Scott’s ouster of long-serving Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey widened Wednesday with government-watchdog groups seeking state and federal investigations and Cabinet members calling for greater scrutiny and changes in the way they approve agency heads. A day after Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater called for the search […]
Watchdog City First Amendment Foundation Open Government Town Hall Feb. 5 – Watchdog City
Citizens and elected officials charged hundreds of dollars for public records More exemptions to the Florida public records law that make government records secret Watchdog City and the First Amendment Foundation would like to cordially invite you to attend and participate at a Town Hall meeting on open government. Erosion of access to public records is […]