Ethics panel asks Gov. DeSantis to pull Doug Underhill from Escambia Co. Commission at Don Gaetz’s urging
The Florida Commission on Ethics is asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to remove embattled Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill from office one month before the end of his term.
The panel voted 6-1 on Friday, asking that the Republican Governor remove Underhill and impose a $35,000 fine on him for a series of ethics violations. His most significant offense, which the Ethics Commission said necessitated his removal, was releasing the transcript of a County Commission executive session meeting on a legal case involving local utilities.
Underhill’s attorney, Mark Herron, told the ethics panel that his client believed it was his moral duty under Florida’s Sunshine Laws to disclose information that...
