Fla. House readies for potentially explosive hearing to decide fate of ex-Speaker
by Michael C. Bender | February 11th, 2010A Republican U.S. Senate candidate, a Democratic Palm Beach County Commission candidate and the next Florida Senate President could all be forced to testify if a state House investigation into whether its former leader betrayed the public trust goes forward as scheduled.
The potential of such an event, which could end in the first expulsion from the House in nearly 60 years, exploding in an election-year media fiasco in the midst of the legislature’s annual spring lawmaking session has sparked negotiations for a potential settlement. But so far, both sides are taking a hard line in those talks.
“I don’t expect this to be resolved outside of a full-blown hearing,” said Gloria Fletcher, attorney for former House Speaker Ray Sansom.
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February 19th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
[...] former House Speaker Ray Sansom gets grilled on Monday over accusations that he wielded his influence in many improper ways, current House Republican leaders will be [...]