Fresh Take FloridaApril 15, 2024
'This really broadens up the public’s ability to hold police officers accountable for their actions.'
Tag: Mike PrendergastElizabeth Martinez Strauss. Image via campaign.
Fresh Take FloridaApril 15, 2024
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 […]
Jim RosicaAugust 2, 2016
3min326
Glenn Sutphin, now the agency’s interim head, will become the next permanent director of the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet made the hire at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. The 67-year-old Sutphin, himself a National Guardsman for over 30 years, was the only person interviewed for the position out of more than 300 applicants. He […]
Jim RosicaJuly 27, 2016
2min269
As expected, Gov. Rick Scott is interested in Glenn Sutphin becoming the next director of the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs. A Scott spokeswoman Wednesday confirmed Sutphin, now the acting head, is Scott’s top pick. Cabinet aides had had a brief conversation about the opening at their meeting earlier in the day. Scott and the Florida Cabinet — Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Attorney General Pam […]