Source: www.ammoland.com - Monday, April 06, 2015
By Lee Williams Chief David Perry, Florida State University HeraldTribune.com TALLAHASSEE - -( Ammoland.com )- An attorney for Florida Carry Inc, a Florida gun-rights group, has filed formal ethics complaints against the 10 university chiefs of police who testified against Rep. Greg Steube’s campus-carry bill. Click here to read the ethics complaint filed against 10 university police chiefs The police chiefs appeared March 16 2015 before the Senate Higher Education Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 176, a companion bill to Steube’s HB 4005, which would allow those with a valid concealed-carry license to carry firearms on campus. Eric Friday, general counsel for Florida Carry Inc., filed the 10 complaints Monday with the Florida Commission on Ethics, accusing the police chiefs of failing to register as lobbyists and of using state funds and resources to attend the hearing. Friday pointed out in his complaints that the chiefs were on-duty when they lobbied lawmakers. “These chiefs used state resources and were on state taxpayers’ time to lobby the Legislature against the rights of citizens,” Friday said. “The statutes require that if a state employee is going to lobby during business hours, they’re expected to register as a lobbyist. None of the people we filed complaints against are registered as lobbyists in Florida.” Friday filed ethics complaints against the following: Chief Darren Baxley, University of Florida Chief Terre
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By Lee Williams Chief David Perry, Florida State University HeraldTribune.com TALLAHASSEE - -( Ammoland.com )- An attorney for Florida Carry Inc, a Florida gun-rights group, has filed formal ethics complaints against the 10 university chiefs of police who testified against Rep. Greg Steube’s campus-carry bill. Click here to read the ethics complaint filed against 10 university police chiefs The police chiefs appeared March 16 2015 before the Senate Higher Education Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 176, a companion bill to Steube’s HB 4005, which would allow those with a valid concealed-carry license to carry firearms on campus. Eric Friday, general counsel for Florida Carry Inc., filed the 10 complaints Monday with the Florida Commission on Ethics, accusing the police chiefs of failing to register as lobbyists and of using state funds and resources to attend the hearing. Friday pointed out in his complaints that the chiefs were on-duty when they lobbied lawmakers. “These chiefs used state resources and were on state taxpayers’ time to lobby the Legislature against the rights of citizens,” Friday said. “The statutes require that if a state employee is going to lobby during business hours, they’re expected to register as a lobbyist. None of the people we filed complaints against are registered as lobbyists in Florida.” Friday filed ethics complaints against the following: Chief Darren Baxley, University of Florida Chief Terrefrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1F76J1U
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