Coalition to Call for Action to Strengthen Ethics Reform Proposal (Senate Bill 2)

Contact: Dan Krassner, 850.321.0432

***Monday: 10:00 AM***

Coalition to Call for Action to Strengthen Ethics Reform Proposal (Senate Bill 2)

Tallahassee, Fla. – A diverse coalition of conservatives, progressives and government watchdogs will hold a joint press conference Monday morning to discuss how the Florida Senate’s ethics reform proposal actually weakens ethics laws and to offer a joint call to action for stronger ethics reform legislation.

Who:              Damien Filer, Political Director, Progress Florida

Catherine Baer, Chair, The Tea Party Network

Phil Claypool, former Executive Director, Florida Commission on Ethics

Dan Krassner, Executive Director, Integrity Florida

When:            Monday, March 18, 2013 | 10:00 AM

Where:          The Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower Level, Florida Capitol

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Progress Florida is a nonprofit organization promoting progressive values through online organizing, media outreach, and networking with Florida’s leading progressive organizations.

The Tea Party Network is an organization of 80 tea party, 9/12, and other conservative groups within the state of Florida.

Phil Claypool, retired executive director of the Florida Commission on Ethics with 35 years of experience with Florida ethics laws.

Integrity Florida is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute and government watchdog whose mission is to promote integrity in government and expose public corruption.

Background:

Florida Ethics Commissioner Matt Carlucci to Legislature: Close Loopholes in Reform Bill (Read more)

Former Florida Ethics Commission Director Phil Claypool Ethics Reform Bill Analysis