When former South Florida lawmaker Mandy Dawson is sentenced Friday for tax crimes related to a pay-to-play political corruption case, she wants a federal judge to give her a lighter punishment because of her depression and ongoing illegal drug abuse problems.
Dawson admitted that she abused cocaine on one occasion while she was free on bond since being arrested a year ago on the federal charges, court records show.
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Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citizens Property and Gov. Rick Scott are tapping the insurer’s $6.4 billion surplus for special giveaways to politically-connected companies.
The board at Citizens Property Insurance approved a special $52 million deal for a startup insurance firm that contributed $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott.
Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford hit the road to highlight what they see as success stories of their joint legislative agenda and the 2013 state budget.
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