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A Leon County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Florida Department of Transportation and a contractor did not fully comply with public-records requests about controversial state-funded flights of migrants to Massachusetts.
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Judge Angela Dempsey last week issued decisions rejecting the lawsuit the Florida Center for Government Accountability filed.
A circuit judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging that FDOT didn't comply with public records requests about state-funded flights of migrants.
New documents released show the company hired to organize migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard charged the state hundreds of thousands of dollars more than what it actually spent on the flights.
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Vertol Systems was quoted a price of about $153,000 for two charter plane trips from San Antonio to the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. That leaves about $1.4 million in Florida taxpayer funds unaccounted for.