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Brevard Schools CFO Zuercher Personal Financial History Under Scrutiny After Botching Attrition Numbers
Brevard Schools CFO Pennie Zuercher personal financial history has come under scrutiny after her inability to answer basic questions regarding the district's finances during the June 24th meeting at which the School Board voted on pay raises for teachers.
Since the meeting and vote, it has come to light the district incorrectly calculated the savings from teacher attrition and had...
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Brevard County District 4 Commissioner Curt Smith stipulates to numerous ethics violations, pays $1,750 in fines
In 2014 when then-candidate Curt Smith was asked by the Florida Today what he hoped his legacy would be if elected, his answer was when other future Commissioners were faced with difficult decisions, they would ask “what would Curt Smith do?”
One thing future Commissioners won’t be looking to Commissioner Smith to be an example of is how to complete...
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Nye files state ethics complaint against School Board CFO after whistleblower complaint goes unanswered
Despite an audit report finding Brevard Public Schools (BPS) CFO Pennie Zuercher violated both school board policy and management controls by giving her friend a raise last year, no adverse action has been taken by the district.
The original whistleblower complaint was filed July 25th of last year, and was covered by Space Coast Daily.
Despite an auditor's report clearly stating...
Yesterday I held a press conference at Lordoni Discount Pharmacy in Suntree to discuss a new report released this week that shows Pharmacy Benefit Managers have been gaming the state's Medicaid system to the detriment of independently owned pharmacies, patients and the taxpayers of Florida. The report is embedded at the bottom of this article, and the full text...