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Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

Florida House Republicans this week unanimously elected Land O’Lakes Richard Corcoran to be next speaker of the House of Representatives, beginning in fall 2016. In a speech to his House colleagues on Wednesday, the Pasco County Republican laid out several proposed ethics reforms aimed at “cleaning up our own house.” Among his proposed reforms are: Requiring […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

Integrity Florida was created in 2012 to serve as a nonpartisan research institute and government watchdog whose mission was to promote integrity in government and expose public corruption in the Sunshine State. It was led by two men, executive director Dan Krassner and research director Ben Wilcox. Krassner left the group last month to become the […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 23, 2014

If the Legislature decrees that two plus two equals five or that water runs uphill, does that make it so? A similar question is percolating in the Florida courts. Does a blind trust constitute “full and public disclosure” of the financial interests of a public official? Common sense says no. A law passed in 2013 […]

Guest AuthorJune 10, 2014

Florida’s state-run insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., is due for another investigation. This review is needed following the report “Revolving door of Citizens executives to companies with contracts raises questions” by Mary Ellen Klas of the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times. The Herald/Times report found that at least three senior executives at Citizens went to work […]

Guest AuthorOctober 28, 2013

Florida started to privatize its economic development functions in 1992 with the enactment of Enterprise Florida Inc. and abolished the Florida Department of Commerce in 1996. In 2011, Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature created the Department of Economic Opportunity. One of its responsibilities is to manage the state’s contract with Enterprise Florida. The president […]

Guest AuthorOctober 1, 2013

Florida needs to take the problem of public corruption more seriously. Florida led the nation in federal public corruption convictions between 2000 and 2010 and recently three of our mayors were arrested in one month. Even the New York Times is calling Florida a “hothouse for corruption.” A reputation for corruption hurts all Floridians and undermines […]

Tag: Dan Krassner

Integrity Florida “encouraged” by Richard Corcoran’s ethics reform proposal

Dan Krassner leaves Integrity Florida

Martin Dyckman: Blind trusts protect the politicians, not the taxpayers

Dan Krassner: Citizens Property Insurance due for another investigation

Dan Krassner: State lawmakers should give Enterprise Florida an overhaul

Dan Krassner: Florida must rid itself of corruption reputation