Drew DixonAugust 5, 2024
12min0
The storm made landfall in a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area.
Tag: Mike Prendergast
Drew DixonAugust 5, 2024
Jesse SchecknerJuly 24, 2024
5min0
The organization generally promotes existing Board leaders to more demanding posts each year. That was the case this year, too.
Fresh Take FloridaApril 15, 2024
10min0
'This really broadens up the public’s ability to hold police officers accountable for their actions.'
Jacob OglesMay 18, 2022
6min0
Law enforcement leaders in all counties in the district have now endorsed the incumbent.
Guest AuthorNovember 1, 2018
4min349
America’s veterans understand the meaning of those hallowed words like no other group of citizens in this country. Now more than ever, it is every Floridian’s responsibility to ensure that our state’s returning veterans and their family members know that we have their back, and we thank them for their personal sacrifices and their selfless […]
Michael MolineOctober 4, 2018
5min605
A proposed federal class action lawsuit accuses Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast of using unnecessarily difficult physical fitness tests to discriminate against female deputies. The lawsuit, filed in the Middle District of Florida’s Ocala Division, alleges eight counts of intentional gender discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Few, if any, other law enforcement agencies in Florida subject […]
Drew WilsonMay 25, 2018
4min418
Sebring Sen. Denise Grimsley is steadily racking up law enforcement support for her statewide campaign to succeed Adam Putnam as Agriculture Commissioner. The longtime Republican lawmaker had already earned the backing of 14 county sheriffs, and on Thursday she added four more — Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast, Liberty County Sheriff Eddie Joe White, Madison […]
Staff ReportsMarch 16, 2018
1min198
On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointments of two sheriffs to the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams will fill a vacant seat on the council, and will serve through October 2018. Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast will succeed Sheriff Larry Ashley, and his term will expire in October 2020. The group’s mission is “to provide […]
Mitch PerryAugust 23, 2017
6min265
Two years ago, Adam Putnam was the lone vote in the four-member Cabinet to support adding three members of the Confederacy into the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame, but he’s not saying now if he would vote that way again. Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and CFO Jeff Atwater all opposed placing former governor Edward Perry; […]
Peter SchorschJuly 7, 2017
4min379
Kim McDougal, Gov. Rick Scott‘s former chief of staff, is joining GrayRobinson‘s Tallahassee office as a Senior Director of Government Affairs, the law firm announced Friday. “Kim brings tremendous insight and invaluable experience to our firm, and will also substantially increase our expertise in the education policy and appropriations areas,” said Jason Unger, managing partner of the Tallahassee office. “The […]