Florida Ethics Commission not giving up on collecting $63,000 in unpaid fines

State integrity news for Florida, from the Tallahassee Democrat:

The Florida Commission on Ethics decided this morning against writing off thousands of dollars in unpaid fines levied against local and state workers and officials -- including some still in office -- in hopes of collecting later.

Ethics commissioners, who expressed exasperation over officials who simply refuse to pay the fines, voted unanimously to defer the write-offs. Commissioner Linda Robison said she was particularly outraged by "people who enforce the law themselves" but haven't paid their fines.

Read the rest of the story at the Tallahassee Democrat.

 

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