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Florida Gov. Rick
Scott agrees to pay $700,000 to end public records lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE
South Florida August
7, 2015
Gov. Rick Scott has
agreed to spend $700,000 in taxpayer money to settle seven public records
lawsuits alleging he and several members of his staff violated state law when
they created email accounts to shield their communications from state public
records laws and then withheld the documents.
The lawsuits were
filed by Steven R. Andrews, a Tallahassee attorney who has been embroiled in
litigation with Scott since 2012, when the governor wanted the state to buy a
building in which Andrews’ firm is located near the governor’s mansion.
Hey, I didn't vote
for him. did you?