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New law shields DeSantis’ use of state vehicles to campaign
Yahoo news ^ | July 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Schweers

Posted on 07/28/2023 8:54:37 PM PDT by backpacker_c

If it hadn’t been for a fender bender on Interstate 75 near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Tuesday morning, most folks wouldn’t know that Gov. Ron DeSantis was using state government vehicles for his 2024 run for president.

But finding out who’s paying for it is nearly impossible thanks to a new law passed by the Legislature to protect the governor’s travel records from public view.

“The legislature has enabled him to hide his travel records so we don’t know and have no way to hold him accountable if he is using state resources in his campaign or if that is even the case,”

“If the accident hadn’t been reported, we wouldn’t have known otherwise about the use of state vehicles,” Eskamani said. “It makes you wonder how often state vehicles and public employees are being used at out-of-state campaign events.”

The DeSantis campaign did not respond to a request for more information about the use of state vehicles and personnel.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: campaign; corrupt; desanctimonious; desantis; fraud; meatballron
This explains why Florida changed the law to hide desantis' travel and other expenses.

Just add mis-appropriation and use of state resources to the illegal stuff desanctimonious does and thinks he will get away with....

1 posted on 07/28/2023 8:54:37 PM PDT by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

It’s 400 miles from Tallahassee to Chattanooga.

How many state vehicles did they have there ? Just the four in the crash, or more ?


2 posted on 07/28/2023 9:25:24 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: backpacker_c

This is expected from an inside player.


3 posted on 07/28/2023 9:28:48 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: backpacker_c

It’s not a problem - he was promoting tourism for the sunshine state 😏


4 posted on 07/28/2023 10:13:42 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: backpacker_c

Yep. He had the Sunshine laws changed so that nobody, not even his family’s travel records past and present can be viewed by anybody. And of course he also made sure he’d continue to get a paycheck by changing the Resign-to-Run law, so that when he crashes and burns, he can slither back to Florida and pick up where he left off, but his future in politics is shot. He did it to himself.


5 posted on 07/28/2023 10:46:43 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: backpacker_c

And there are those that still support this clown and no matter the consequences, will not vote for Pres Trump.

I don’t know if it’s in the millions, but it’s definitely well into the 1000s, but Pres Trump isn’t getting a vote from any of them.


6 posted on 07/28/2023 10:48:20 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: backpacker_c

Shouldn’t he have his butt down in Florida running government? So ridiculous. In my opinion to get re-elected and then turn around and hit the campaign trail on the state’s dime. What a stooge.


7 posted on 07/28/2023 11:00:13 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: Reverend Wright

I think they were TN vehicles not FL


8 posted on 07/28/2023 11:17:44 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: mass55th
Er Doctor: I'm sorry, Sir. If you had simply shot yourself
in the foot with a pistol we could help.
Shotgun blasts...not so much.
9 posted on 07/28/2023 11:58:47 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

👍🏻


10 posted on 07/29/2023 12:06:46 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Tennessee Nana

So if they were registered in TN vehicles, how are they also FL state vehicles ?

Does FL have vehicles in different states for ... what ?


11 posted on 07/29/2023 12:59:24 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Reverend Wright

I’m pretty sure the way the article is written, they were in Florida government cars.....

A female staffer was treated on the scene for minor injuries, but no one else was hurt, police said. Other accident victims included Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents. All the vehicles involved were government vehicles, the police report said.

It would be would be strange for Tennessee to be driving desantis to campaign events.


12 posted on 07/29/2023 4:05:14 AM PDT by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

At least he pays his bills unlike the other dude who stiffs town after town.


13 posted on 07/29/2023 6:08:56 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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That’s so exciting.


14 posted on 07/29/2023 6:09:48 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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