Report: Florida State Official Took Lucrative Job After Setting Up Space...
Space-tourism deal spurs state investigation Orlando Sentinel Last year, Brice Harris, an employee in Gov. Charlie Crist’s tourism and economic-development office, shepherded a deal to give a Panhandle...
View ArticleFlorida Governor Orders Probe of Questionable Space Tourism Training Deal
Andrews project probed: Crist seeks inquiry into Project Odyssey director at institute Pensacola News Journal Gov. Charlie Crist has asked for an inspector general’s inquiry to see if the director of a...
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Investigation: Space Florida Ineffective, Pissing Off Commercial Partners
On the heels of a critical legislative audit questioning its effectiveness, embattled Space Florida has been hit again with an investigation by the Orlando Sentinel that has revealed some...
View ArticleSanctions Urged in Space Florida Conflict of Interest Case
The State of Florida’s Inspector General has urged the state Ethics Commission to sanction former state employee Brice Harris – who arranged for a space tourism grant to a Florida group and then...
View ArticleCrist Seeks Ethics Probe of Space Tourism Deal
Commission may probe aerospace chief Florida Today Gov. Charlie Crist wants an Ethics Commission inquiry into a former high-level tourism official’s involvement in state funding for a “space tourism”...
View ArticleHead of Andrews Institute Space Tourism Program Resigns
Embattled head of space-tourism venture Odyssey resigns Tallahassee.com The head of the Andrews Institute’s space-tourism program resigned Tuesday to prepare his defense against an accusation that he...
View ArticleFlorida May Ask for Its Money Back on Space Tourism Project
Space tourism probe: State may try to get grant money back Orlando Sentinel A key legislator said Wednesday that Florida could attempt to recover grant money given to a Panhandle orthopedic clinic to...
View ArticleCrist Nixes Ethics Probe in Space Tourism Fiasco
The Orlando Sentinel reports: Gov. Charlie Crist decided today not to ask the Florida Ethics Commission to rule on whether a former employee within his office broke the law by setting up a $500,000...
View ArticleFlorida Ethics Probe Nixed After Harris Resigns Job
No probe of ex-director PNJ.com Gov. Charlie Crist will not file an ethics complaint against a former top-level Andrews Institute employee, because he has resigned his job. On Tuesday, Brice Harris...
View ArticleSpace Tourism Whiz Kid Brought Down By Incriminating Emails
Mark O’Brien: E-mails undo whiz kid’s rise at Andrews PNJ.com No savvy government employee would write anything incriminating in an e-mail. He would know that government e-mail is open to the public,...
View ArticleWhy Was Ethics Probe Dropped in Florida Space Tourism Fiasco?
Ethics Probe Lost in Space Pensacola News Journal Editorial Last week, Pensacolian Brice Harris abruptly resigned as director of Project Odyssey, a space-tourism program run out of Gulf Breeze’s...
View ArticleEthics Complaint Filed in Florida Space Tourism Case
More developments from Florida, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel: A man who filed an ethics complaint over Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp’s frequent use of state planes has lodged another one against the...
View ArticleAndrews Institute Presses on With Space Tourism Training Effort
PNJ.com has a story about the Andrews Institute in Florida, which is pressing on in its efforts to get into the space tourist training business despite the freezing of its grant from Space Florida and...
View ArticleControversial Andrews Institute CIO Resigns
Controversial Joe Story quits Andrews Institute Pensacola News Journal Dr. Joe Story, one of the driving forces behind Baptist Health Care’s $40 million Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports...
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Ex-Florida Official Cleared of Charges in Controversial Space Tourism Case
A former Florida state official has bee cleared of charges that he improperly used his influence to award a controversial grant for a space tourism training center that he subsequently headed up....
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