Tallahassee Democrat by Arek Sarkissian November 7, 2017 A House committee will ask a Leon County judge to enforce a subpoena handed to a TV producer who received $11.6 million in taxpayer dollars to produce a celebrity cooking show for VISIT FLORIDA. The subpoenas issued by the House Public Integrity and Ethics Committee gave Tallahassee-based MAT Media until […]
House wants to clamp down on ‘trade secrets’
Florida Politics by Danny McAuliffe October 26, 2017 House Speaker Richard Corcoran has opened the next front in his personal war for transparency, moving legislation that would bar companies seeking to do business with the state from hiding information behind claims of “trade secrets.” A pair of bills (HB 459, HB 461) was filed Thursday by Rep. Ralph Massullo, […]
House wants local tourist tax spending public, repurposed
Tallahassee Democrat by Arek Sarkissian October 26, 2017 A trio of bills House Speaker Richard Corcoran unveiled Thursday would force local tourism and economic development agencies to publicize lucrative contracts, undergo regular audits and stop using trade secrets to hide financial deals. Local tourism agencies across the state rely on more than $890 million in tax revenue that state economists […]
