The executive director of the Florida Ethics Institute and former deputy executive director of the Florida Commission on Ethics, speaks about ethics in government and an unprecedented threat via the Florida Senate’s recent passage of Senate Bill (SB) 7014.
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The city of Melbourne is considering joining a lawsuit over the new state law requiring local elected officials to complete Form 6 - a detailed financial disclosure form.
Florida legislators sometimes make it impossible to earn the public’s respect. Case in point: The Senate’s 39-0 vote for a bill that would block valid complaints sent to the Florida Commission on Ethics. The Ethics Commission has often been unpopular with lawmakers or local officials who find oversight irksome, but the Florida Constitution protects it from being abolished. Credit for that goes .