Wide-ranging - But the bill, which is poised to go to his desk, isn’t just for future expenses. DeSantis, when asked about it on Monday, said that it wasn’t something that he recommended but also said that he gets a lot of threats. Response - Supporters of the legislation, which would also cover travel records of other top state officials, say it is needed for security purposes. (The book tour stops, by the way, were being handled by a nonprofit organization, which doesn’t have to disclose most of its records.) Jeff Holcomb - the House sponsor of a bill that would shield DeSantis’ travel records associated with taxpayer paid travel from scrutiny - suggested on the House floor on Monday that who pays for the governor’s whereabouts, including any travel for book promotional tours or campaigning, would still somehow be available. The agency was also asked about how much this will ultimately cost.Ĭontrast - This is the situation right now. But a spokesperson for Enterprise Florida has not responded to questions as to why a chartered jet - which is likely to be tremendously expensive - was used for DeSantis’ trip. No reply at all - It has been previously stated that this trip is being paid by private donations to Enterprise Florida, the public-private economic development agency that is about to be dismantled by the Legislature. Those stops coincide with the governor’s movements for the past week. More recently - Meanwhile, flight tracking records show that a private chartered jet last week flew from Austin, Texas, to Japan to South Korea to Israel to London and then, over the weekend, stopped in Boston before finally winding up in Tallahassee. The party executive director did not respond to a question back in February about DeSantis’ trips to New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. No answers - The state Republican Party did spend money on travel expenses in the first quarter, including on commercial airlines and for what appear to be chartered flights in January and March, but there are no indications the governor’s February trip was a gift to the party. There was nothing listed in the governor’s political committee campaign finance report for February. A spokesperson who has been affiliated with the governor’s political operation declined to comment. The governor’s office said no taxpayer money was spent on these flights in connection with DeSantis’ three-city stop that day. That same day a jet owned by a central Florida developer flew from Newark to Philadelphia to Chicago to Tallahassee when the governor also made stops that same day in Pennsylvania and Illinois.ĭisclosure? - Who paid for these flights? Good question. Ron DeSantis’ appearance on Staten Island. Jet airliner - In late February, a jet owned by the company associated with the Fontainebleau Hotel flew from Tallahassee to Newark ahead of Gov. The Florida Legislature is ready to shield Air DeSantis
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