Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2021
7min1348
Critics of the write-in candidate loophole argue 'sham' candidates disenfranchise voters.
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Scott PowersFebruary 22, 2021
Staff ReportsJanuary 25, 2019
3min292
“There for sure will be no settlement,” his lawyer said.
Jim RosicaOctober 12, 2017
5min376
The House’s ethics panel on Thursday set a Dec. 4 hearing on a charge that Democratic Miami-Dade Rep. Daisy Baez doesn’t live in the district she was elected to represent. The Public Integrity and Ethics Committee will conduct an evidentiary hearing “somewhat like a court trial,” said chair Larry Metz, a Yalaha Republican. “You’re trying to […]
Jim RosicaOctober 10, 20174min303
A House investigative panel Tuesday found that Miami-Dade Rep. Daisy Baez likely broke member residency rules. The Select Committee on Member Conduct decided to refer Baez’s case to the Public Integrity and Ethics Committee for the equivalent of a trial. A finding of “probable cause,” required for further proceedings, means it is more likely than not that a violation […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 8, 2016
4min345
The Florida Commission on Ethics this month determined “probable cause” in three incidents related to 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk, whose hiring of three women from a now-defunct bar called “Whiskey River,” and subsequent entertaining of the women in his office, were matters of media interest a couple of years back. Two other incidents, meanwhile, didn’t meet […]