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FLCGA’s public watchdog efforts lead to arrest of county’s former top official
Former Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes’ jail mugshot is what government accountability looks like. The 63-year-old Hopes...
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DeSantis calls on Florida GOP leader to step down amid investigation
Christian Ziegler has been accused of sexual battery and police are investigating. By Emily L. MahoneyTimes staff Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Christian Ziegler, the chairperson of the Republican Party of Florida accused of sexual battery, should resi “I’ve just seen...
Democrats call for resignation of Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler amid sexual battery allegations
Police released a heavily redacted report, obscuring details about the accusations By Stepheny Price Fox News The Sarasota Police Department is currently running a criminal investigation over allegations of sexual battery against Florida GOP Chairman Christian...
Florida’s GOP chairman is a subject in a rape investigation
Republican Party of Florida chairman Christian Ziegler, left, greets former president Donald Trump at the RPOF Freedom Summit on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. Ziegler is the subject of a rape investigation, though no charges have been filed and police are providing...
Bridget Ziegler Contradicts Husband’s Story of Planned Threesome
New details have emerged in the now-closed sexual battery investigation of recently ousted Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler...
Police Clear Ziegler of Rape, But Send Voyeurism Felony Case To Prosecutors
[UPDATE: The Sarasota Police Department issued a press release that confirms this story. Information from the release has been added...
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...
Rape investigation of FL GOP chairman expands to video voyeurism
Sarasota police are investigating whether Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler unlawfully videotaped the sexual encounter at the...
Anti-Abortion ‘Infodemic’? Florida’s Tax-Funded Christian Pregnancy Centers Are Targeting Women Like Never Before
When Abby learned she was pregnant, the first thing she did was look online for support. As a college student in a small town in...
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...
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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…