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The Sheriff and the Fraudster: Lee County’s top cop won’t answer questions about his association with a crooked campaign donor
On paper, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno and alleged serial swindler Malek Khalil line up as natural adversaries, not friends. ...
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WGCU’s Gulf Coast Life Latest Episode: Florida Dept. of Health ordered to release COVID-19 data after a two-year legal battle
Interview by John Davis jrdavis@wgcu.org The Florida Department of Health is now required to release COVID-19 data the state agency withheld from the public during the height of the pandemic. Release of the data is part of a settlement reached following a two-year...
Two years and too many COVID deaths later, a victory for transparency in Florida | Editorial
By SUN SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD | Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 11, 2023 at 2:46 p.m. | UPDATED: October 11, 2023 at 4:23 p.m. In this period of extraordinary secrecy, stonewalling and willfully refusing to comply with public records laws, the people of Florida can...
DeSantis’ chartered jet trade mission around the world cost nearly $1.6 million
The agency that organized the trip stated that no public tax money was used. Scrutiny has mounted over his travel habits since he began his presidential campaign, including an ethics complaint filed against the governor over plane trips connected to a book promotional...
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...
Storied activist and two-time Supreme Court winner moves on to new controversy
Fane Lozman insists he didn’t set out to become a constitutional gadfly or a perpetual pain in the backside of elected officials. He...
With 18 new public records exemptions enacted, DeSantis is flying Florida into the dark
The governor said it wasn’t his bill, but he was plainly happy to sign it. Not long after a few strokes of his pen, he flew off into...
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...
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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…