Backroom Briefing: ‘The Very Best’ or a ‘Mess’

Backroom Briefing: ‘The Very Best’ or a ‘Mess’

By Dara Kam & Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Department of Management Services Secretary Pedro Allende got a grilling this week as a House budget panel digs into his agency’s employment of out-of-state workers, spending on travel and other hot-button issues. Allende’s appearance before the House State Administration Budget Subcommittee followed an inspector-general report that found his agency, which bills itself as “the b…