Emergency management officials have authorized up to nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars to one contractor for open-ended charter flights since Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to bring Flori…
A chartered flight organized by Project Dynamo arrives at Tampa International Airport on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. The flight organized by Project Dynamo had 270 evacuees from Israel including 91 children and four dogs.TALLAHASSEE — Emergency management officials have authorized up to nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars to one contractor for open-ended charter flights since Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to bring Floridians home from Israel two weeks ago, public records show.
Open-government advocates say a full accounting of the costs should be a public record and note that the governor’s office was sued and lost when it tried to hide the expenses for migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard and California. News organizations used those emails, text messages and other information to report about the migrant flights, said Barbara Petersen, former executive director of the First Amendment Foundation and a founder of FLCGA.One of the contractors responsible for migrant flights is also involved in the Israeli mission. A search of Division of Financial Services online records by the Orlando Sentinel found that ARS/Global Emergency Management was issued four open-ended purchase orders beginning on Oct.
Only a fraction of them were Florida residents, said Bryan Stern, CEO of Project Dynamo, which received a $1 million donation from the state and federally funded Volunteer Florida Foundation on Friday. Stern told the Sentinel that he blamed the delay in Cyprus on the contractors used by the state that made the leasing arrangements for the planes. He said they rushed to get them in the air to help DeSantis score political points for his sagging political campaign for the presidency.
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