Tallahassee, FL – Questions Raised Over Florida Cabinet Meeting In Israel

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    FILE- In this March 5, 2019 file photo. Florida Gov. Ron Desantis gives his state of the state address on the first day of legislative session, in Tallahassee, Fla.  (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)Tallahassee, FL – Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is going to Israel with a large contingent of business leaders later this week. That’s not surprising, especially as the GOP woos Jewish voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

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    But DeSantis also has announced plans to hold a meeting with the state’s three independently elected Cabinet members while he’s there. That has raised concerns about whether the officials are violating the state’s open-meeting laws.

    The trip begins Saturday. As of Tuesday, the Cabinet hadn’t posted the meeting on its calendar or provided an agenda.

    Barbara Petersen of the open-government watchdog group First Amendment Foundation is concerned. She says there is no reason to hold a Cabinet meeting that regular Floridians won’t be able to attend.


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    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    4 years ago

    Certainly a weird thing to do.