Orange County, Florida passed the “the strongest ethics ordinance in the state of Florida.” Orange County commissioners unanimously approved ethics and campaign-finance reforms late Tuesday — a package that some residents and government watchdog groups complained didn’t go far enough.
Category: Florida
Orange County May See Reforms
The Orlando Sentinel covers Orange County, Florida campaign finance reform efforts. Commissioners are due to take up a final package of reforms July 8, and the charter paenl will decide what ethics and campaign finance issues, if any, it plans to take to voters for the November ballot at its meeting on July 14.
Missing “For”
A Florida statute provides: No political advertisement of a candidate who is not an incumbent of the office for which the candidate is running shall use the word “re-elect.” Additionally, such advertisement must include the word “for” between the candidate’s name and the office for which the candidate is running, in order that incumbency is […]