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Florida Elections Commission

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Boca Raton Teenager, ACLU of Florida Suing to Let Kids Donate More Money to Candidates

    ​With the way campaign-financing laws are going these days, this may not even be surprising -- the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and a 17-year-old girl from Boca Raton are challenging a state law that prohibits minors from giving as much money to state and local political candidates as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    A Ritter Campaign Lie, Illustrated

    Florida Elections Commission ​    Above you see a check written by Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter's 2008 campaign to the Tamarac Cafe Diner for a cool grand. Notice that it was supposed to be for a "campaign event." That notation on the check is the first sign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Signed By Russ: The Scapegoat Defense

    In this morning's post, I published a copy of a Stacy Ritter campaign check that the Florida Elections Commission believed was signed by the candidate herself. But it wasn't. It was almost surely signed by her lobbyist husband, Russell Klenet. In fact, it looks like Klenet, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Ritter and Klenet Kept Eating Out After Campaign Was Over

    Okay, so you're tired of hearing about the Stacy Ritter and Russ Klenet campaign fund, but I just can't quit it yet. Revelations keep coming to the surface. We already have the extravagant dinners, the family phone bills, the dinner in Manchester VT, the bedsheets and pillows from Target, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    How Will Russ and Stacy Justify This One?

    Some of the more suspicious expenses Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter and her lobbyist husband Russ Klenet ran up during her controversial 2008 campaign involve "unknown" dinner receipts. There are a few receipts that Ritter turned into the Florida Elections Commission during its inves ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Dirty Developers Sue City; Ritter on Diplomat Tab: "I Don't Remember"

    Bruce and Shawn Chait paid off a who's who of Broward County public officials to get government approvals for their controversial housing development on two golf courses in Tamarac. ​The father-and-son team bought since-imprisoned Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion a golf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Was Stacy Ritter's Big Gift to Obama Illegal Too?

    Their eyes met in a crowded room... ​Back in 2008, Stacy Ritter was stumping hard for Barack Obama and looking for payback if he won a job in the White House. Perhaps to further both of those causes, Ritter donated $15,000 out of her own campaign account to a committee tied to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    State Finds Apparently Bogus Ritter Campaign Donations

    ​When disposing of all the campaign cash she and her husband didn't spend on dinners, family phone bills, and other luxuries, Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter decided to do the Florida Democratic Party a favor: As seen above, she contributed $5,000 to party coffers. â ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Ritter Campaign: Receipts Tell More Of Story

    ​​Digging into the Florida Elections Commission reports on Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter's campaign case and a few things quite literally don't add up. Then again, nothing about Ritter's campaign makes sense. It appears to have been a big-spending free-for-all.   ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Stacy Ritter Received Thousands in Dubious Campaign Reimbursements Too

    Here's what I don't understand about the Florida Elections Commission investigation of Stacy Ritter: Why weren't there more charges? As I reported yesterday, four of the charges against Ritter pertain to reimbursements made by her 2008 campaign to her lobbyist husband, Russ Klenet, for expensi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Bombshell: Stacy Ritter's Campaign Fund Fed Hubby's High Life

    Klenet and Ritter​A recently released report from the Florida Elections Commission shows that Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter's 2008 campaign was an utter mess, replete with bookkeeping errors, acceptance of excessive contributions from special interests, failure to report contribu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Stacy Ritter Hit With 28 Election Charges, Complains She Feels "Stalked"

    [UPDATE: Stacy Ritter has posted a somewhat surreal YouTube video press release on the elections commission charges. See it above. Caution: There's a weird kung fu movie lag between the audio and video.]  The Florida Elections Commission found probable cause this morning to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Ritter Has Date in Tallahassee Over Election Allegations

    I hate to say it, but James Stokes -- the new School Board attorney who quit this morning before he even started -- probably made a good decision. Who would want to jump into the dysfunctional soup that is the Broward County School Board? It's a little surprising that he decided it "didn't feel rig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Morning Juice: John Goodman Jailed; West Palm Stripper Busted for Armed Robbery

    ​Here's what's news this morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Wellington polo mogul John Goodman is in a Palm Beach County jail this morning, charged with vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in connection with the February crash that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. [Palm Beach Post]Construction ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter and Sheriff Al Lamberti Face Campaign Finance Investigations

    ​Here's what's news this morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Wellington polo mogul John Goodman is in a Palm Beach County jail this morning, charged with vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter in connection with the February crash that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. [Palm Beach Post]Construction ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Brother's Keeper

    Miriam is only the beginning. Them boys in Tallahassee may bag some really big game.

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Michael Sitz

    Broward's top prosecutor loves to protect corrupt public officials. He just struck again.

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    GOPundit

    Oft-quoted USF Prof Susan MacManus is neutral. Yeah, right.

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Operation Baghdad

    A Senate hopeful on the lam is busy tracking Saddam

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Pushy polling and John Henry passes on Fort Lauderdale

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Undercurrents

    A domain by any other name...

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