David Fleshler

Investigative Reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; classical music critic, South Florida Classical Review; from Buffalo, N.Y.

[David Fleshler @DavidFleshler]

Please sign a petition for a fair contract for the journalists at the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Our owner, controlled by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, stopped giving us retirement benefits and continues to shrink our staff.

https://t.co/lbhH7OyU2B

[David Fleshler @DavidFleshler]

Vermont is leading candidate for reintroduction of mountain lions (aka panthers, cougars, pumas) into the eastern United States https://t.co/BVmBWz8VcZ

[SunSentinel Guild @SS_Guild]

A year ago, we announced the formation of the Sun Sentinel Guild.

Since we received a unanimous vote to unionize, we’ve been fighting for better pay and better conditions for our journalists.

We look forward to representing the Sun Sentinel’s journalists for years to come!

[Susannah Bryan @Susannah_Bryan]

Our Sun Sentinel newsroom once had a staff of 350 people. We now have fewer than 50. Most of us have gone 14 years without a raise or cost of living increase. Today we started bargaining for a fair wage for all.

[Jeffrey Schweers @jeffschweers]

UF Student Detained by ICE, Brought to Miami Detention Center https://t.co/XT1HAEJN2V

[Lawrence Mower @lmower3]

.@aglorios and I just went by @MyFLFamilies to get more information on DeSantis’ Hope Florida Foundation.

It’s a nonprofit. The IRS says nonprofits must produce 990s and Form 1023s immediately upon in-person requests.

When we asked for those records, a spokesperson came out. We explained to him what we were seeking and gave him a printoff of an IRS Q&A explaining the process and that we were not here to make a records request under F.S. 119.

An hour later, a man came out, handed the printoff to us, and said “There is a process to this, and your request will be returned in the order it was received.”

He would not identify himself.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis, @cwarzel writes. It's a cultural assault on any person or institution that operates in reality. https://t.co/C5yQT3MWly

[David Fleshler @DavidFleshler]

Support me in the Breakthrough T1D Ride. Help create a world without type 1 diabetes (T1D). https://t.co/bNC8kfh4ru

[Jenny Staletovich @jenstaletovich]

We hear a lot about how a warming ocean in South Florida is hammering reefs and supercharging hurricanes. But the ocean is a big place with lots of potential impacts. In a new podcast w @WWNO’s Sea Change, I took a look at another - mahi, one of Florida’s most iconic fish.

[Craig Pittman @craigtimes]

#Florida newspaper receives candidate questionnaire so nutty with conspiracy theories that it refuses to publish it & endorses opponent. https://t.co/UGWGkvIccX

[David Fleshler @DavidFleshler]

Lavish catering under ex-UF president Ben Sasse: $38,610 sushi bar, holiday party that cost nearly $900 per person https://t.co/uNc0IGMZl4

[The Alligator @TheAlligator]

Former UF president Ben Sasse said a completed audit found no wrongdoing when it came to his spending. But according to public records, the audit never existed. 

Read more from @wynwg and @sophia_bailly.

https://t.co/azya9o6NFe

[Scott Travis @smtravis]

UF senior staffers racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs after Sasse allowed them to work remotely. https://t.co/rCoGlHG37j

[Scott Maxwell @Scott_Maxwell]

You may recall that Rep. Amesty at one point sued the newspaper, claiming the stories that led to these charges unfairly maligned her.

She dropped that lawsuit.

[Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel]

State Rep. Carolina Amesty indicted on forgery charges https://t.co/eF8LnPBXk1

[Marc Caputo @MarcACaputo]

This is pure piracy at the University of Florida from @BenSasse: a $1m golden parachute after he doled out over-inflated salaries to Republican allies —who didn’t even live in state— & threw a fat contract to his old consulting company @McKinsey

https://t.co/xvxMMF3XMb

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

In today’s @TB_Times

Read it here:
https://t.co/kPFienGCVs

[Ana Ceballos @anaceballos_]

NEW: Gov. DeSantis and Florida Republicans are putting pressure on the state university system’s Board of Governors to look further into the spending habits of former UF President Ben Sasse after @TheAlligator/@garrettshanley report earlier this week.

https://t.co/cnoxZw3mZ8

[Garrett Shanley @garrettshanley]

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis calls on the Board of Governors, who oversee Florida’s State University System, to investigate former UF President Ben Sasse’s “exorbitant spending.”

[Ana Ceballos @anaceballos_]

Sasse’s spending spree: Former UF president channeled millions to GOP allies, secretive contracts - The Independent Florida Alligator https://t.co/ajeFcOP2it