Jesse SchecknerFebruary 29, 2024
11min0
The head of the county’s ethics commission thinks it’s a good idea.
Tag: public corruption
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 29, 2024
Kelly HayesMarch 18, 2021
9min3814
The better question is, what aren't they accused of?
Drew WilsonSeptember 1, 2020
5min762
George Gainer and Jay Trumbull comment on the latest allegations against Lynn Haven officials.
Danny McAuliffeDecember 31, 2018
8min424
Tallahassee is primed to install an interim City Commissioner before ringing in the new year. The City Commission will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Monday to consider and select one of nine finalists to replace Scott Maddox. Gov. Rick Scott suspended Maddox earlier this month after Maddox and former Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director […]
Jacob OglesDecember 12, 2018
6min704
A federal jury has indicted Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox and Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director Paige Carter-Smith on public corruption charges. The Tallahassee Democrat reported news of the indictment Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Florida released the 44-count indictment. That indictment, according to the Northern […]
Ryan RayJanuary 14, 2016
4min195
A controversial new ethics proposal backed by the Gannett chain of newspapers has just scored an advancement in its quest to become law. The so-called “anti-corruption” bill that would hold government contractors to standards now applied to many elected officials has just been adopted as part of Sen. Don Gaetz‘s SB 686, an omnibus ethics reform […]
Ryan RayJanuary 11, 20166min338
An anti-corruption bill with roots in the editorial department of a newspaper hit a snag in a Senate panel Monday, after a protracted debate over specific provisions and about the proper role of the news media momentarily killed it. Former Senate President Don Gaetz is carrying SB 582, a bill which began as a proposal by the Florida-based Gannett […]