Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
 Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd

The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (4) |
Author: AlphaWolf ✸✹🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 86258 
Subject: The Real $10 million Crime
Date: 08/28/26 12:44 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 13
Shades of Rick Scott.

Seems DeSantis thinks the only crime committed was releasing the grand jury report.

The law and order party. Right.

From the NYT article link below:

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money by diverting it to a charity tied to his wife, according to a leaked Florida grand jury report that took a sharply critical view of the dealings.

The report also said grand jurors found insufficient evidence to levy charges. But it intensified a controversy over the investigation into the fund-raising arm of Hope Florida, the charity that the first lady, Casey DeSantis, started in 2021. The charity’s goal is to keep families off public assistance by connecting them with churches and aid groups.

In 2024, the charity’s fund-raising arm, the Hope Florida Foundation, received $10 million from a state Medicaid settlement. It was quickly redirected to political committees backing a campaign led by the governor against a ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana.

The transactions amounted to misuse of public funds as “part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the grand jury found in its report, which was published online by CBS News Miami on Wednesday. The report was completed in January but has been kept secret since.

The New York Times could not independently verify the document, but none of the officials named in it have questioned its veracity. Instead, they have decried that the report was leaked despite still being under court seal.

Asked about the report at an event on Thursday, Mr. DeSantis called its finding that funds were misappropriated “a lie.”

nytimes.com - Casey desantis charity hope garden medicaid settlement

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to AlphaWolf here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 86,214 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (4) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Ticker or Board Name Author

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community