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2 years

Judge gives Governor DeSantis 5 days to respond to Martha's Vineyard public records lawsuit; sets hearing for October 25. @FLCTRGA #FLCGAStrikeForce

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@CarlosGSmith The Florida Center for Government Accountability (FLCGA) joined @CarlosGSmith in filing a lawsuit against the FL Dept of Health Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees over the state’s refusal to release vital and previously public COVID-19 data.

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"The Sentinel has twice sued the DeSantis administration for access to public records and prevailed both times, with the state having to pay our legal bills — a ridiculous waste of taxpayer dollars." @orlandosentinel @Scott_Maxwell #DefendDemocracy

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FLCGA has joined FL Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith & filed a lawsuit against the FL Dept of Health & Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees over state’s refusal to release vital & previously public COVID-19 data as FL continues to break previous records in confirmed cases.

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“Records cannot be hidden by conducting public business on private cell phones and encrypted apps. Judge Marsh’s order must be enforced. No individual is above the law,’’ @mbar62 @FLCTRGA . @MaryEllenKlas

Watchdog wants DeSantis’ office held in contempt over unreleased migrant flight records

A public records watchdog on Wednesday asked a Tallahassee judge to charge the DeSantis administration with contempt of court for continuing to withhold public records about its handling of the...

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Abortion and a "complete entanglement between church & state." #Democracy101 is needed here. #DefendDemocracy @NormanOn10

Sacred Scheme: How Florida Taxpayers Fund A Christian Campaign Aimed At Pregnant Women

When a pregnant woman walks into the state-subsidized Pregnancy Help and Information Center (PHI) in Tallahassee for help, she’ll likely get a dose of

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THREE-WAY? "The woman alleged that she and both Zieglers had been involved in a longstanding consensual three-way sexual relationship. .." . #DefendDemocracy

Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual...

Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under

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Judge Lee Marsh rules that @GovRonDeSantis failed to comply w/FL’s public records law in a request for records related to text messages, communications & other docs re Martha’s Vineyard immigrant flights filed by @FLCTRGA - must provide records within 20 days. #FLCGAStrikeForce

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"Christian Ziegler concluded that the couple needed 'to hunt for somebody new.'” @mbar62 #DefendDemocracy

While touting “family values” agenda, the Zieglers were on the “hunt” for threesome partners,...

While Republican power couple Christian and Bridget Ziegler publicly pushed for “family values” and backed an agenda widely viewed as anti-LGBTQ, they

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Judge sides with FLCGA to grant deposition of state health official in COVID-19 records lawsuit @CarlosGSmith #COVID19

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"U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, asked the Department of Justice to investigate Florida Power & Light dark money organization use to sway elections... [It was] an apparent attempt to disguise the source of funding for these endeavors." @orlandosentinel

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"Charity expense reports show that the councilman [Rory Diamond] also at times spent lavishly with his charity-issued credit card and in some cases on what appear to be personal expenses. #DefendDemocracy

Diamond's Dogs: After city councilman's surprise exit, troubles exposed at K9s For Warriors charity

It’s a question still whispered at Jacksonville City Hall: Why did recently reelected Councilman Rory Diamond leave his cushy $300,000-plus job last

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Governors are not kings. They cannot do whatever they like. Their work is our work. Their records are our records. We paid for them with our taxes — @MiamiHerald

DeSantis gets executive privilege. Floridians (and public records laws) get the shaft | Opinion

Under the ruling, could we find out whom the governor consulted when he rejected the Advanced Placement course in African American studies? Probably not | Opinion

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“I see no reason for this bill,” said Barbara Petersen, the executive director of @FLCTRGA . “We’ve always had access to the governor’s travel records, always, and why Governor DeSantis needs special protection is totally unclear to me.”

Florida Bill Would Shield DeSantis’s Travel Records (Published 2023)

A bill advanced by state legislators would exempt the governor, as well as other officials, their families and staff members, from having records of their trips released to the public.

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“I find it very disturbing, frankly, that this man [ @GovRonDeSantis ], who is our governor, won’t talk to the people whose job it is to keep us informed." said @CatFish97501127 @FLCTRGA @grynbaum

Can Ron DeSantis Avoid Meeting the Press? (Published 2023)

The Florida governor easily won re-election despite little engagement with mainstream news outlets, another sign of partisan division ahead of the 2024 presidential race.

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We consent to be governed,” said @mbar62 , director of public access for @FLCTRGA . “We don’t appoint a king."

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“The DeSantis administration’s efforts to stifle classroom discussion and rewrite history are a grave threat to the education and well-being of hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and parents in Florida” @weareoversight

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No other elected official in FL did more to help @insideFPL & its $5 bil rate increase than @GovRonDeSantis who campaign-finance records show, has raised more than $3 million from FPL & a network of big-biz front groups and dark-money nonprofits that the company helps to fund.

Jason Garcia

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New: How Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis helped Florida Power & Light raise electricity prices by $5 billion. No other elected official did more than the first-term governor to enable FPL's record-setting rate increase:

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"A few Democrats from our area stood firm for public access to records, including @CarlosGSmith @AnnaForFlorida and Geraldine Thompson in the House, along with Victor Torres in the Senate."

What good are Florida Democrats if they won’t even support the Sunshine Law? Not much. | Editorial

As the minority party, Democrats never had a chance to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’ special session to crack down on vaccine mandates. The fix was in from the start. What they did have a chance to…

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"Operatives working with Florida Power & Light sent the utility a $3-million-plus plan to discreetly recruit a primary challenger in hopes of ousting one of the utility’s biggest foes from the state Senate in 2020." via @orlandosentinel

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Rep. Smith sues Florida health agency demanding daily COVID-19 numbers #covid19 @CarlosGSmith

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Parenting 101? Both Zieglers & another...3-way. "She is perhaps best known as the cofounder of the right-wing group Moms for Liberty & for helping lay the groundwork for DeSantis’ Florida Parental Rights In Education Act (aka “Don’t Say Gay” law)."

Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual...

Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under

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Circuit Judge Donna McIntosh said Florida law makes clear that “professional journalists enjoy a qualified privilege” not to disclose their information, including the identity of any source, that they obtained while doing their jobs in gathering news.

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A second video has been recovered by police showing Bridget Ziegler, a cofounder of the conservative Moms for Liberty, engaging in sexual relations with a woman, sources said. #DefendDemocracy

Police have recovered second Ziegler sex video, sources say

A sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman has been recovered by police as part of the ongoing criminal

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A public-records exemption for records????

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What you need to know -- see @MiamiHerald 's article "Inside the covert op behind DeSantis’ migrant flights" But here are a few key points from the piece on a covert operation in FLORIDA. Everyone in FL should read this.

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On the value of PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. The column wasn’t really written by the Demings staffer. It came instead from public-relations reps for Rhino itself, according to emails obtained through a ▶️PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST◀️

Jason Garcia

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New: A controversial real-estate company peddling a product that critics say preys on poor people is trying to legitimize itself by laundering columns in media outlets. But one of them backfired.

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“Dark money PACs, which operate with virtually no oversight or accountability, have thoroughly corrupted Republican politics in Duval County,” [Lumb] said. #DefendDemocracy

Inside Jacksonville’s culture of corruption and ongoing Republican civil war

Veteran Jacksonville Republican politico Robin Lumb has some harsh words for the local Republican Party. “Dark money PACs, which operate with virtually no

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The outrageous ruling by Tallahassee Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey that DeSantis has such a privilege is a staggering kick in the gut to the people of Florida. Dempsey has eviscerated the public records law and the Florida Constitution.

Tallahassee tramples public’s right to know, again | Editorial

More than 1,000 legal exemptions have made a mockery of Florida’s open records law. None allows a governor “executive privilege” to flout it. Before Ron DeSantis, no governor was …

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An appeals court considers whether Florida should provide daily COVID-19 data "... appeal about testimony and information that could provide a window into the Department of Health’s refusal to release the data." @wusf @CarlosGSmith

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Why SHIELD @GovRonDeSantis ' "travel records from the public?" WHY propose changing "the state’s public information laws just as the governor ramps up what is expected to be a 2024 presidential campaign"? #taxdollars @nytimes

Florida Bill Would Shield DeSantis’s Travel Records (Published 2023)

A bill advanced by state legislators would exempt the governor, as well as other officials, their families and staff members, from having records of their trips released to the public.

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IDENTIFYING ‘PERLA’ — “The story behind DeSantis’s migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard ,” by @nytimes Edgar Sandoval, Miriam Jordan, Patricia Mazzei and J. David Goodman. @fineout @politico #FLCGAStrikeForce

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“We understand that this is happening more frequently, but not consistently, such that it appears to have an objective of hiding certain information in a potentially discriminatory or content-based way.” @PamMarshFAF

DeSantis staff delayed release of Gaetz associate Halsey Beshears’ spending records

In a move criticized by advocates of Florida’s open government laws, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ staff intervened in a public records request related to a former appointee who is reportedly connected to a...

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UF’s presidential search was not done as Florida law intended, lawmaker says "The Univ of FL’s search for a new president violates the intent of a new state law that governs the process [says]state Sen. Jeff Brandes (R - St. Pete)." @divyadivyadivya

UF’s presidential search was not done as Florida law intended, lawmaker says

Sen. Jeff Brandes, the law’s co-sponsor, said the university’s naming of a single finalist isn’t what he had in mind.

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WHY "keep secret “travel records” and “records pertaining to transportation” for public figures and their entourages, including “logistical” information related to traveling to and from events"?????

Why does Gov. Ron DeSantis want to make his travel a secret? | Editorial

Florida taxpayers deserve to know where their governor, and money, is going.

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After an accident in Tennessee, reports reveal that Florida tax payers are footing the bill for DeSantis's campaign travel. @mbar62 was quoted in the @orlandosentinel stating “at the end of the day, taxpayers don’t know what their money is being spent on”.

New law shields DeSantis’ use of state vehicles to campaign

A DeSantis campaign car accident near Chattanooga raises questions about the use of state resources and who’s paying for his travel expenses.

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"DeSantis appointed Beshears as DBPR secretary in January 2019, calling him a 'champion for deregulation.' Beshears unexpectedly resigned ... published reports linked [him] to a federal investigation...possible sex trafficking, according to CBS News." Read on, Florida, read on.

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@GovRonDeSantis @AGAshleyMoody @FLFAF By then I had contacted open government advocates @FLFAF and @FLCTRGA . Their legal concerns about the delay caused by @GovRonDesantis ’s secondary “review” of public records can be found here (21/21) #News6

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Liberty? #DefendDemocracy @Moms4Liberty

Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms for Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual...

Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under

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“This bill, if it were on the books today, would have precluded the media & the public from learning many of the details about the ghost candidate scheme,” said Michael Barfield, the director of public access at the @FLCTRGA .

Florida GOP bill would further shield names of dark money donors

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Breaking news: 911 tape released in criminal investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler. “She told me she was raped yesterday and she’s scared to leave her house.” #DefendDemocracy

Listen: 911 tape released in criminal investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler. “She...

The sexual battery investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler began with a 911 call from a friend of the alleged victim who was worried about

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This says it all. @GovRonDeSantis , what are you hiding?

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First they came for the journalists. Who's next?

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1/ Based on the newly released Dec. 8 police affidavit, Circuit Judge Thomas Krug issued a search warrant for Ziegler’s Instagram account... #DefendDemocracy @mbar62

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"A Leon County circuit judge has scheduled a two-day hearing next month in a lawsuit alleging the Florida Department of Health has violated public-records laws by refusing to provide detailed data about the COVID-19 pandemic."

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Calling for accountability and transparency. #covid19

Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths

As the delta variant spreads through Florida, data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest this could be the most serious and deadly surge in COVID-19 infections since the...

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Seriously? "The measure would make it so statements by anonymous sources are presumed false for the purposes of bringing a suit against a publisher." @TB_Times

Florida Republican, following DeSantis’ lead: Make it easier to sue media outlets

A new bill is nearly identical to one floated by the governor’s office last year.

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According to the ACLU: “This provision is imprudent and unnecessary, and could raise Establishment Clause and other constitutional concerns without any discernible benefit. " @FLPhoenixNews

FL protesters: You could lose access to the inside of the Capitol due to impending agency rules •...

The Florida Capitol in Tallahassee has long been available for the public to protest, rally, chant and hold signs inside the building, to support or oppose legislation. But that access may soon...

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@politico Very big news day at @FLCTRGA ! 1. " @FLCTRGA wants a judge to order the @GovRonDeSantis admin to turn over phone & text logs for @GovRonDeSantis chief of staff @JamesUthmeierF " @fineout

POLITICO Pro: Lawsuit accuses DeSantis of withholding records over migrant flights

A group asserted in a lawsuit that the DeSantis administration is improperly withholding public records associated with the flights that brought nearly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

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1/4 You should know how your tax dollars are spent. PUBLIC RECORDS MATTER. "I see no justification for protecting past travel,’’ @CatFish9750112 . @MiamiHerald @MaryEllenKlas

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Thank you! Florida’s public-records law: "The best example may be @FLCTRGA 's lawsuit against the Governor’s Office for failure to timely release records related to DeSantis’ stunt using Florida taxpayer money to gather up migrants in Texas and fly them to Massachusetts."

Jason Garcia

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New: Ten wins in 2022 that *all* Floridians can feel good about. Stopping corporate tax cuts, saving local wage laws, and consequences for public corruption: An encouraging end-of-the-year list

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This letter is in response to the ad hominem attacks by yr press secretary, Christina Pushaw, on AP reporter Brendan Farrington, regarding his article on yr program to provide monoclonal antibody treatments to those infected w/Covid-19. @GovRonDeSantis

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“So we will have no idea where [ @GovRonDeSantis is] going, who he’s going with, who he’s talking to…We will have no idea,” @CatFish97501127 said. “It’s mind-boggling, the audacity of this.”

Legislation would exempt Florida Gov. DeSantis' movements from public records

The exemption would apply whether the governor is traveling, in his office or at the Mansion.

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Florida judge orders DeSantis to hand over migrant flights records “The rule of law has prevailed.” @mbar62 via @politico

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"Police and sheriff’s offices in Florida have used the law as an excuse to keep all kinds of secrets — about crimes that could affect your family and the identities of officers who shoot and kill people." @orlandosentinel @Scott_Maxwell

Secret cop shootings: Marsy’s Law is creating problems in Florida that critics warned | Commentary

It has long been said that the road to hell was paved with good intentions. Well, I believe most Florida voters had good intentions four years ago when they voted for Marsy’s Law, a noble-sou…

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Any chance the governor’s office ( @GovRonDeSantis ) might be willing to disclose the contract? #FLCGAStrikeForce

Ron DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt comes into sharper focus

Ron DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt led to core questions about whether this was legal and the identity of "Perla." Answers are now coming into focus.

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We're very pleased to report that we were victorious in court today. Judge Marsh ruled from the bench that @GovRonDeSantis violated the Public Records Act by delaying the production of public records. #FLCGAStrikeForce

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Two years after Sentinel started writing about shady tactics in Senate race, 3 arrests announced | Commentary "dark-money groups spending hundreds of thousands of dollars...pulling strings or cutting checks."

Two years after Sentinel started writing about shady tactics in Senate race, 3 arrests announced |...

On Tuesday — nearly two years after the Orlando Sentinel started writing about shady activity in the state Senate race won by Republican Jason Brodeur — authorities announced the arrest…

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A coalition of media orgs filed a motion to intervene as plaintiffs in our lawsuit against the #DeSantis admin for critical COVID data. Visit our website to read the Order and the Motion. @CarlosGSmith

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He arrived at her apartment five minutes after receiving that message, according to the affidavit. Ziegler made a cell phone video of the sex act while she was bent over a piece of furniture in the bedroom, according to sources. #DefendDemocracy

Police have recovered video of Florida GOP chair and alleged victim in rape investigation

Disclaimer: This story contains explicit sexual content and details involving an alleged sexual assault. Sarasota police have recovered a cell phone

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A MUST READ: "The legislation, fashioned to punish media outlets over their coverage of conservatives, would turn the state into a battleground over the future of the First Amendment."

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. @CarlosGSmith A lawsuit shouldn't be needed to force @GovRonDeSantis administration to follow FL's open government laws...the actions taken so far have only made it more difficult to gauge the pandemic's impact in Florida. #sayfie #fla_pol #Florida

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"Amazon paid $941,252.76 in taxes last year on that property – about the cost of a dozen public-school teachers. But Amazon’s annual tax bill could disappear thanks to bills moving through the Florida Legislature." @Jason_Garcia #florida #taxes #education

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New: Amazon could save $1 million a year in property taxes under a bill moving through the Florida Legislature:

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“It’s just dark times in Florida,” said Barfield, whose group has clashed with state officials in court over public records disputes. “I don’t think we should be calling ourselves the Sunshine State.” #DefendDemocracy @mbar62

‘Delay and obfuscate’: Disney fights DeSantis for public records, joining others

Disney’s lawyers are accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis and state officials of stonewalling their “good-faith” efforts to obtain public records.

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Attention @GovRonDeSantis : "The “people’s lawyer” should not be the protector of a governor’s secrets." @SunSentinel #DefendDemocracy

Secrecy based on ‘executive privilege’ is chilling | Editorial

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office says her defense of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claim of an “executive privilege” found nowhere in Florida law stems in part from Moody’s…

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🆕Are you following Rep. @CarlosGSmith / @FLCTRGA ’s lawsuit against @HealthyFla over the release of #COVID19 data❓ New hearing dates have been set for 9am, Wednesday, Dec. 1 & Thursday, Dec. 2, EST. Stay with us on this and spread the word.

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Free-press advocates call the measure unconstitutional and suggest it could have far-reaching consequences beyond major media outlets. @Mdixon55 @politico

DeSantis wants to roll back press freedoms — with an eye toward overturning Supreme Court ruling

Florida Republicans are seeking to weaken laws protecting journalists.

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Secrecy $: A Miami-Dade judge has ordered @MyFLFamilies to pay $376,665 in attys fees to lawyers for @MiamiHerald & other news orgs for withholding public records detailing the FL’s failed efforts to protect a Miami toddler who died in 2020. @MarbinMiller

Florida defied public records law on child’s death. Taxpayers’ tab: $376,000

Child welfare authorities’ refusal, for well over a year, to hand over documents detailing the state’s failed efforts to protect a Miami toddler will cost Florida taxpayers $376,665 — money that...

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"Concerns have been raised about how the leadership change was handled, and whether it was coordinated behind the scenes in way that was shielded from public view. Some have questioned whether the state's Sunshine laws were broken." @HeraldTribune

Texts appear to show New College trustee coordinating motions to hire Corcoran and Galvano

New College Trustee Matthew Spalding released text messages that discuss hiring Interim President Richard Corcoran and General Counsel Bill Galvano.

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@FLCTRGA

1 year

When dealing with politically-motivated pretense, speak TRUTH. It's powerful. "DeSantis has a recent history of using his power to squash anyone who disagrees with him." @TB_Times

Florida surgeon general gets caught cherry picking COVID-19 vaccine data | Editorial

A report conveniently left out data that contradicted Joseph Ladapo’s controversial conclusions.

www.tampabay.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

1 year

“Administrator Washington’s account of Sunshine Law violations is extraordinary,” said @mbar62 Director of Public Access Initiatives for @FLCTRGA . #DefendDemocracy

Washington's Whistleblower Complaint Sheds More Light on BOCC Machinations - The Bradenton Times

A whistleblower complaint filed by former acting Manatee County Administrator Lee Washington alleges that sunshine, ethics, and malfeasance violations occurred when Manatee County Commissioners …

thebradentontimes.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

" @GovRonDeSantis continues to use official state resources to spread misleading and downright false information about how he’s using — and abusing — the power this state’s voters have given him."

Floridians need sunshine, not shady business | Editorial

It was a cloudy day in Tallahassee Tuesday, as Gov. Ron DeSantis was sworn in for his second term at the helm of one of the biggest governments in the world. At one time, it was also one of the mos…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

The Florida Center for Government Accountability has filed a lawsuit against New College of Florida and one of its new trustees, Christopher Rufo, accusing it of withholding public records in violation of state law.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

Collier Sheriff transparency panel refuses to be transparent or even meet "...under Florida’s Sunshine Law any member of the public is allowed to record a public meeting." Tell us more! @racheyy_marie @ndn

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

3 years

"Several key figures in Florida’s “ghost” candidate scandal ... are facing the possibility of ▶️criminal charges,◀️ court records released Wednesday show."

Orlando Sentinel

@orlandosentinel

3 years

Operatives tied to ‘ghost’ candidate scheme told they’re targets of Miami prosecutors

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

Free speech is not just a constitutional amendment. It is the very first amendment, and with good reason. @SunSentinel

Legislature wants to scare you into silence | Pat Beall

Welcome to the free state of shut up and sit down. Not content to ban books and undermine the right to protest, Tallahassee is now poised to put a statewide gag order on its citizens. The governor …

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

IT'S YOUR JOB, @GovRonDeSantis Admin. "...the DeSantis administration said it has received more than 90 public records requests related to the flights and has a backlog of 245 overall requests that it is currently processing." #FLCGAStrikeForce

DeSantis administration agrees to release Martha's Vineyard records by December

The governor’s office notes it has handed over some records related to the migrants' flights.

www.politico.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

We take this task seriously, which is why FLCGA filed suit against @GovRonDeSantis & the Executive Office of the Governor, as well as the @MyFDOT & contractor Vertol for access to the public records relating to the migrant flights to Massachusetts.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

What does Sunshine in Florida really mean? It's all about Your Right to Know. FLCGA lets the sunshine in.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

3 years

WHY DOES THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY EXIST? Because demands for public records too frequently result in questionable agency imposed rules and restrictions and unlawful delays and denials.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

"The lawsuit in Leon County circuit court has been on hold since January amid an appeal about testimony and information that could provide a window into the Department of Health’s refusal to release the data." @CarlosGSmith

newsserviceflorida.com | Independent and Indispensable

www.newsserviceflorida.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

"Records obtained by @FLCTRGA , the @MiamiHerald and other news organizations have shed light on the operation involving the governor’s staff ( @GovRonDeSantis , who worked with a politically connected vendor." #FLGCAStrikeForce

Mary Ellen Klas

@MaryEllenKlas

2 years

Judge rejects @GovRonDeSantis administration’s bid to toss lawsuit over migrant flights

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

And here we have @GovRonDeSantis doubling down on its stand against govt transparency. We say this again: PUBLIC RECORDS BELONG TO THE PUBLIC. @politico

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

Thank you @Jason_Garcia ! "The Florida Center for Government Accountability is helping news organizations around the state pull public records out of the DeSantis administration and other government agencies, while also underwriting impactful original reporting."

Jason Garcia

@Jason_Garcia

2 years

New: Florida leaders may offer protection...to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Plus: The first bombshell story of the session; a new tax break for greenhouse gas; and inside the murky origin story of a new conservative center at the University of Florida.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

3 years

UPDATE: #Florida files an appeal in #COVID19 case, arguing against @FLCTRGA and @CarlosGSmith

Florida files an appeal over turning down requests for daily COVID-19 data

The Florida Department of Health is accused of violating public records laws by turning down requests for daily COVID-19 data.

www.wusf.org

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

We paid for them with our taxes —just like we pay for all the work that is done in Tallahassee, work done in our name and to which we should have almost complete access, except for rare situations in which the government can prove the reason for a (narrow) exception.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

1 year

From now on, Gov. DeSantis, save your tantrums for your taxpayer-funded mansion and endless trips to court donors and rally support in other states.

Disney strips DeSantis of his fairy tale ending. Good. | Editorial

DeSantis has been boasting about how his Reedy Creek takeover stripped Disney of its power. Then the script flipped.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

New Port Richey mayor says people seeking public records should 'go away' "Marlowe called public comment 'garbage.'" @JustinGarciaFL c https://www.cltampa.com/news/new-port-richey-mayor-says-people-seeking-public-records-should-go-away-14142507

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

"the Legislature’s goal — as outlined by @GovRonDeSantis — is to set up a legal challenge to New York Times v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court ruling on libel and public officials." @MiamiHerald @MaryEllenKlas

Amid conservative media opposition, sponsor of Florida defamation bill seeks changes

The measure has come under intense criticism from First Amendment advocates as well as legacy media and conservative media outlets who warn that it will open the door to a barrage of lawsuits,...

www.miamiherald.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

1 year

Florida Ethics Commissioner resigns after it is discovered he is holding another job making $400,00 a year

Florida ethics commission chair quits after conflict-of-interest exposed

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org - Florida ethics commission chair Glenton 'Glen' Gilzean Jr. quits after conflict-of-interest exposed.

www.floridabulldog.org

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

“The governor is not immune from being held accountable.” #FLCGAStrkeForce

Orlando Sentinel

@orlandosentinel

2 years

Judge orders DeSantis to release records on migrant flights

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

"Filings suggest that Duke Energy wants to make its customers pay an extra $1.1 billion just for this year — and even more for 2023. "

Jason Garcia

@Jason_Garcia

2 years

New: A power company wants to take $1 billion from Florida customers. It just gave $3 million to Florida politicians. Plus: 10 more corporate giants that have collectively spent at least $40 million on this year's elections in Florida.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

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Florida Citizens. You're the PUBLIC and you have a right to know. The truth is found in public records -- @FLCTRGA won't stop till they get the full story.

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

Count on @FLCTRGA to pursue the release of information related to the migrant flights ( @RonDeSantisFL ). @MaryEllenKlas

After months of mystery over migrant flights, legislators with oversight ask no questions

Republican legislative leaders have avoided asking questions that could show the migrant flights violated their intent when they budgeted $12 million to remove migrants from Florida.

www.miamiherald.com

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

7 months

BREAKING NEWS: Republican Ziegler and Sex.

Ex-Florida GOP chair accused of rape told police he was more concerned about “PR” than facts of case

When Sarasota police detectives first interviewed Christian Ziegler after receiving a complaint from a woman accusing him of rape, he answered no

floridatrident.org

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

The migrant flights to MA: One [text] shows Keefe texting people that he was in a vehicle with Huerta, unidentified FL Dept of Law Enforcement personnel & officials w/TX Dept of Public Safety. @politicofl @fineout #FLCGAStrikeForce #DefendersOfDemocracy

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

1 year

“If DeSantis wanted to fly the head of the Proud Boys to DC on the state plane & give him state protection, we won’t know,” @CatFish97501127 . “That may seem extreme, but that’s how expansive this bill is. It really is despotic.” #DefendDemocracy

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

Should @GovRonDeSantis control the story? Not when it's YOUR story. "'I don’t think anybody wants a government official deciding what gets told and when.”" @CatFish97501127 @SunSentinel

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@FLCTRGA

10 months

"He also told her Bridget Ziegler would be “in next time” for another threesome."

Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler has claimed he's been falsely accused, but judge and police...

In an email sent to top Republican officials in Florida, embattled state GOP chairman Christian Ziegler characterizes himself as the victim of an ongoing

floridatrident.org

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Florida Center for Government Accountability

@FLCTRGA

2 years

"At the national level, even some presidential claims of executive privilege have been rejected by the courts."

Craig Pittman

@craigtimes

2 years

Does #Florida law allow @GovRonDeSantis to claim executive privilege? Contrary to a judge's ruling, the answer is NO. via @FLCTRGA

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