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 […]
Jacobs says Visit Orlando will reveal all contract details as soon as next month
Orlando Sentinel by Steven Lemongello November 7, 2017 Visit Orlando will close one of the biggest loopholes preventing it from full transparency by publicly posting all contracts starting as soon as next month, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Tuesday. In an interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Jacobs said all agreements with the county’s tourism agency, even those with […]
House asks judge to force VISIT FLORIDA TV producer to provide documents
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 […]
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