Local Dark Money - Flipbook - Page 35
Committee to Protect Florida’s Seniors? You
have to look at their donor list.
When he was asked to provide clarity about
tracking these donations, Robinson told
reporters Elizabeth Johnson and Jeremy
Wallace “If you're looking to follow the money
to individual donors, that's not the way it
works.”
Political committee reporting loopholes can
make it impossible to track PAC donors in real
time. Reporters and voters may only be able to
find the information they are looking for on the
state or county website after the election is
over. Complete financial reports for the
opposition to indigent healthcare funding
became available after the sales tax in Manatee
County was defeated. For those operating in
full transparency and disclosing their donors
early, the information imbalance works to their
disadvantage.
