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A high-rolling sheriff? Lee County’s top cop discloses $458,879 in “gambling income” from casino
When Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno needs to unwind, he likes to gamble – and his financial disclosure forms indicate it’s been...
FLCGA in the News
Florida’s Government Accountability Organization Honors the Life and Mourns the Passing of Lucy Morgan
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release—September 28, 2023 Contact: Brad Ray, engage@flcga.org Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and staunch advocate for government accountability, Lucy Morgan, passed away Wednesday, September 18. She was 82. After nearly five decades as...
Washington’s Whistleblower Complaint Sheds More Light on BOCC Machinations
The Bradenton Times by Dennis "Mitch" Maley A whistleblower complaint filed by former acting Manatee County Administrator Lee Washington alleges that sunshine, ethics, and malfeasance violations occurred when Manatee County Commissioners Vanessa Baugh and Mike Rahn...
Florida’s government accountability organization executive director honored by City & State Florida and News Service Florida with Above & Beyond Award
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release—September 20, 2023 Contact: Brad Ray, engage@flcga.org Barbara Petersen, co-founder and executive director of the Florida Center for Government Accountability (FLCGA) was honored for her work protecting the public’s right to hold...
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...
Collier commissioner caught in election deception cites Bible verse as defense
An investigation by the Florida Elections Commission found that Collier County Commissioner Chris Hall violated the state's election...
Is the world’s largest military service dog charity raising money on a heartwarming misrepresentation?
It’s a straight-to-the-heart motto that has helped non-profit K9’s For Warriors raise more than $130 million from donors: “We rescue...
Florida Center for Government Accountability WINS court fight to unseal investigation of Daytona Beach Shores cops
A Circuit Court judge on Monday morning issued an oral ruling that will unseal public records involving the investigation of two...
Moonlighting ex-Collier County deputy manager lobbied for county vendor in ‘apparent’ conflict of interest
Former Collier County Deputy Manager Sean Callahan was quietly fired in January of 2022 after county staff discovered he was secretly...
Top taxpayer-funded anti-abortion center in Florida abruptly shuts down amid IRS trouble
Yohanka Reyes considers her anti-abortion crusade nothing short of a mission from God. Reyes, who goes by “Yoi,” often tells her...
Public Access Initiatives
Records request: City of Sarasota Planning Board
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Records Request: Manatee County
Records Request: New College
RE_ Records request 02.24.2023_New College
Records Request: New College, Robert Allen
Records request 02.23.2023_New College
Citizens for Government Accountability/
Southwest Florida
Citizens for Government Accountability/SW Florida, an FLCGA affiliate, is a non-partisan government watchdog organization dedicated to fostering and promoting government accountability and transparency in Southwest Florida. FLCGA and CGA/SWFL collaborate on investigating, reporting, publishing and promoting issues relating to government accountability and transparency and on public record requests critical to the investigative process. Read more…