Lawmakers rubber stamp false report about key transparency law despite $6 billion in missing contracts
By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org
A legislative committee tasked with being a fiscal watchdog for the state approved a report falsely stating that the requirements of a key financial transparency law have been met despite clear evidence of chronic, widespread violations of the law.
The Transparency Florida Act requires state agencies to post public copies of all contracts within 30 days of being signed, but a Florida Bulldog analysis revealed more than $6 billion in emergency contracts from the governor’s office that had no such documentation – more than 700 contracts.
Though Florida Bulldog sent the findings to members and staff of the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, the committee approved a report on November 3 stating the requirements of the Transparency Florida Act have been met. Not one member of the bipartisan, 14-member committee – co-chaired by State Rep. Chase Tramont, R-Port Orange, and Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Lake Mary – discussed the report or asked any questions about it before approving it by a voice vote. The entire process took less than a minute.
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