After lengthy delay, DBPR releases spending records of Matt Gaetz associate Halsey Be
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    After lengthy delay, DBPR releases spending records of Matt Gaetz associate Halsey Be

    Smells like dirty tp in here.

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s business licensing agency released financial documents Thursday related to its former secretary more than three months after News 6 sought them under a public records request.
    News 6 is now reviewing the expense reports and will report any noteworthy information contained within them.
    Halsey Beshears was appointed secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, or DBPR, by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January 2019.

    Beshears unexpectedly resigned from the position in January 2021, citing health issues.
    According to Politico, Beshears traveled to the Bahamas with Congressman Matt Gaetz in September 2018, just months before Beshears was named DBPR secretary. At the time, Beshears was serving in the Florida Legislature.
    That Bahamas trip is now being scrutinized by federal investigators as part of its probe into possible sex trafficking, according to CBS News.
    News 6 submitted a public records request to DBPR in April seeking financial statements for credit cards and any other spending accounts assigned to Beshears while he served as secretary.

    Such financial documents are considered public records under Florida law and must be made available to any citizen who requests to see them.
    There is no indication that Beshears improperly used state money. News organizations routinely request financial records from government officials to see how taxpayer funds are spent.
    After acknowledging News 6′s public records request April 15, DBPR officials failed to respond to nine email messages and a voicemail seeking information about when the records would be released.

    During a phone call to DBPR’s communications office in late June, an agency spokesperson indicated the records were undergoing a legal review prior to release.

    Florida law does not specify how quickly state officials must produce such public records, but state agencies are required to “respond to such requests in good faith,” according to Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual.
    News 6 published a report on the withheld records July 7.

    More than one week later, DBPR produced 61 pages of expense reports and associated documents, including hotel receipts for agency-related travel. The documents contained only minimal redactions to hide financial account numbers and other information exempt from public release under Florida law.

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    What no QAR?

    Hey Sterling where is the QAR for the person responsible for violating sunshine laws? Is Trulieve paying you to cover and delay for Halsey? Why the delay were the records altered before released?

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    During the Nashville talk, Burnette claimed he worked with then-state Rep. Halsey Beshears, R-Monticello, to come up with legal provisions that would act as barriers to others who wanted to*pursue medical marijuana licenses in Florida. The barriers included requirements that a nursery seeking an application must have been in business for 30 years and that applicants had to put up multi-million-dollar bonds. “Well, Halsey and I worked through it,” Burnette told the agents during the meeting. “I mean it was one afternoon.”
    Sweet said he liked the barriers to keep out competition. On the stand, Burnette backed away from statements he made involving Beshears, a close childhood friend.
    “The reality is, I was kind of bragging about something that happened before my time,” Burnette said.

    Not only did the law*limit competition in the NW section of the state where the consortium that became Trulieve pooled their resources, but it was seen as a way to keep out-of-state competitors at bay,*some lobbyists said Beshears was seen hand*writing amendment, supported by FL Nur. Growers & Landscapers. Beshears left the Legis when he was appointed by #RonDeSantis to run the DBPR. He*resigned from that position in January for "health reasons," before it was reported he was on the #BahamasTrip at the center of a sex scandal Matt Gaetz & Joel Greenberg while at DBPR Halsey attempted to dismantle the agency which might one day regulate his family empire #Simpsonnursery

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    “ Indeed. This explains so much. And who authored the medical marijuana bill? @mattgaetz . And whose family was one of the beneficiaries of the competitive “barriers”? @HalseyBeshears . And is it possible the feds are connecting some big dots. Maybe.” wrote Mary Ellen Klas the capital bureau chief Miami Herald

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