Florida Gov. Scott has agreed to pay $700,000 in state funds to settle seven public records lawsuits Even for someone who has amply shown contempt for open government, Rick Scott’s latest failure to play by the rules is outrageous. The governor has agreed to pay $700,000 — in state funds — to settle seven public-records […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet will spend up to $50,000 for Cabinet counsel – Bradenton Herald
Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet voted Tuesday to spend up to $50,000 in additional legal fees for an outside counsel to represent the Cabinet, the fifth named defendant in a lawsuit by more than a dozen news outlets over the ouster of former FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey. Scott and all three Cabinet members are […]
New poll says plurality of Floridians think Rick Scott acted politically in ‘Baileygate’ controversy – SaintPetersBlog
A new survey from St. Leo University shows that a plurality of Floridians believe Rick Scott’s controversial sacking of FDLE head Gerald Bailey was political in nature. Thirty-seven percent of those asked in the poll say that the governor acted to punish Bailey for Bailey’s reluctance to aid in Scott’s re-election campaign and the change was mainly politically motivated. Forty-seven percent of Democrats […]