POLITICO by Arek Sarkissian December 6, 2017 A Florida House committee looking into Visit Florida’s spending on tourism promotion is going to court to force a Tallahassee-based television producer to divulge financial details of nearly $12 million in taxpayer-funded payments to underwrite a Food Network show featuring famed gourmet chef Emeril Lagasse. House lawyers are […]
Producer sues to keep Emeril cooking show records from Corcoran
Orlando Sentinel via Associated Press November 3, 2017 A television show hosted by celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse is at the center of a brewing court battle pitting the Florida House against the producer of the cooking show. The Republican-controlled House wants years of records detailing how the show spent millions of dollars paid out by the state’s […]