Investigative reporter covering corporate influence in Florida. Publisher of Seeking Rents. Garcia.JasonR@gmail.com.

Orlando
All in all, I'd say the vet visit went well. https://nitter.net/t.co/xWFOTqPRdw
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Some interesting big donors to Byron Donalds last week: - Big Sugar producer Florida Crystals ($205,000) - DeVos family ($1 million) - Disney (~$78,000 in free stuff) - NE Florida agricultural enclave developers: Davis family/DDI Inc., PARC Group & Hutson Cos. ($450,000)
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Jason Garcia retweeted
NEW: Hope Florida says it connects disabled people with essential aid. But 10 people I spoke with provided emails showing they were led to dead ends. Meanwhile, they're furious the state misused $10M in Medicaid for politics—money that could've helped them tampabay.com/news/florida-po…
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Jason Garcia retweeted
New 🧵: After the 2024 election, the DeSantis administration gave a new contract to attorneys who helped secure the multimillion-dollar legal settlement DeSantis aides used to fund political activities on behalf of the governor — in the scheme known as the Hope Florida scandal...
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New 🧵: After the 2024 election, the DeSantis administration gave a new contract to attorneys who helped secure the multimillion-dollar legal settlement DeSantis aides used to fund political activities on behalf of the governor — in the scheme known as the Hope Florida scandal...
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Uthmeier and Moody — both of whom are now running for election to full terms — are among half a dozen high-ranking state officials involved in the Hope Florida affair who got subsequent promotions from the governor...
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Many more details, with links and screenshots, at Seeking Rents.
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Jason Garcia retweeted
So I was just watching Fox News and this commercial played during Jesse Watters show. It says “Paid for by the US Government.” This is clearly a campaign ad. And the singers are just singing over and over again, “Love me” - over images of Trump. @CBSMiami @CBSNews
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Jason Garcia retweeted
New @TheFloridaTrib | How Hope Florida quietly hollowed out Florida’s safety net From @sharmila701; @Report4America "Today, the (Department of Children and Families) division Hope Florida was built on top of is failing by nearly every federal measure."
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