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Florida taxpayers paid a second law firm $111,387.50 to represent an unidentified person in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office amid a grand jury investigation into $10 million diverted from the public treasury to Hope Florida that ended up in political committees.

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Scott Carpenter is a veteran actor. He’s been away from the stage a few years taking care of his elderly parents. Cindi Heimberg has also taken time off to pursue personal interests. When Heimberg was cast to play the lead’s mother in Ken Ludwig’s “The Game’s Afoot,” she called Carpenter and told him he had to do the show with her. “I was so glad that I did because he fits the character perfectly,” said Heimberg. Carpenter didn’t know anything about the play or the character his friend wanted him to play – William Gillette, a famous Broadway star known worldwide.
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