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Collier Commissioner McDaniel sued for failing to release 350,000 private emails he used for county business, taxpayers to foot the bill
Collier County Commissioner Bill McDaniel has apparently been conducting a lot of county business on his personal email account – and...
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Florida doles out $50 million to contractor providing DeSantis Israel flights
A chartered flight organized by Project Dynamo arrives at Tampa International Airport on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. The flight organized by Project Dynamo had 270 evacuees from Israel including 91 children and four dogs. By JEFFREY SCHWEERS | jschweers@orlandosentinel.com...
Two years and too many COVID deaths later, a victory for transparency in Florida | Editorial
Sarah Espedido / Orlando Sentinel Democrat Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orlando represented District 49 in the Florida House of Representatives. By SUN SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD | Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 11, 2023 at 2:46 p.m. | UPDATED: October 11, 2023 at 4:23...
You paid $152k for DeSantis’ latest legal loss, another attempt to keep public info hidden | Commentary
Gov. Ron DeSantis removes his mask to answer questions during a press conference touting the expanded rollout of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) By...
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...
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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…