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Ex-Governor Candidate Andrew Gillum Arrested on Wire Fraud, Lying and Conspiracy Charges

June 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Andrew Gillum during a campaign stop in Palm Coast in September 2018. (© FlaglerLive)

A 21-count indictment, delivered by a grand jury this year and unsealed Wednesday, accused Gillum and a longtime adviser, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, of illegally soliciting and obtaining money from various entities “through false and fraudulent promises and representations that the funds would be used for a legitimate purpose.”

DeSantis Tells Boys State Participants Not to Indulge in ‘Phony Controversies’

June 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses the Boys State convention on June 21, 2022. (Screenshot/DeSantis Facebook)

Gov. Ron DeSantis let delegates to Florida’s Boys State convention in on what he sees as the secret of his success in office: He determined from the first to fully understand the extent and limits of his powers to enact his agenda, he said, and to take no notice of public opinion polls.

Ron DeSantis Weaponizes School Board Races with Ideological Survey

June 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Ron DeSantis is again weaponizing local school boards. (© FlaglerLive)

Among the questions for survey respondents: Whether they support “workforce education,” the Governor’s “increases in teacher compensation,” or the concept of students being “locked out of school or subject to forced masking.”

Florida Teacher Union Declares Backing of Charlie Crist in Governor’s Race

May 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist receives endorsement from Florida teachers at a Miami press conference on May 31, 2022. (Charlie Crist’s Facebook)

Local educator unions across the state also showed support for Crist, a former Republican governor, Attorney General and, notably, the state’s former Education Commissioner in Florida.

Nikki Fried Says Charlie Crist ‘Is Refusing to Debate’ in Primary

May 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Nikki Fried, official campaign photo.

With less than four months away from the 2022 gubernatorial primary, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is pushing for a televised debate among Democratic candidates, claiming U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist “is refusing to debate” her and she has accepted several invitations from broadcast media outlets across Florida.

DeSantis Signs Disney-Punishing Bill, Would Shift Nearly $1 Billion in Debt to Taxpayers

April 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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If the special taxing district is dissolved, Disney’s nearly $1 billion debt obligations, revenues and responsibilities would be transferred to Osceola and Orange counties’ taxpayers and those of the small cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake.

DeSantis Opens Special Session with Retaliatory Salvo Against Disney Over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Stance

April 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

It's Disney on one side, Gov. DeSantis and Republican lawmakers on the other. (© FlaglerLive)

Ratcheting up a fight with Walt Disney Co., Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a special legislative session to consider eliminating a decades-old governing district set up for Disney World and nearby properties.

How Ron DeSantis Is Campaigning on Taxpayers’ Dime

April 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared on April 8 in Port St. Joe to hand out infrastructure grants and campaign for reelection. (Facebook)

Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to the Florida Panhandle on Friday to dispense $23 million in infrastructure grants but spent the bulk of his time complaining about the Biden administration and culture war sore spots. During his 35-minute event in Port St. Joe, for example, the governor spent about seven minutes discussing the grants and handing out checks; the rest was politics.

Actually, Y’All, Some of Us Would Prefer Facts with Our Politics

January 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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In the first speech of his 2024 presidential campaign, not-so-cunningly disguised as the “State of the State” address, Ron DeSantis declared, We have made Florida the freest state in these United States. He just hopes you don;t look behind the syrup.

DeSantis Pitches Election-Year Budget Just Shy of $100 Billion, With Big Subsidies from Federal Aid

December 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Gov. DeSantis pitching. (© FlaglerLive)

Saying that Florida is “clicking on all cylinders,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday proposed an election-year $99.7 billion budget that would funnel money to education, the environment and law-enforcement officers while giving motorists a temporary gas-tax break thanks to federal subsidies.

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