Month: September 2014

Sep 30, 2014 5:59 AM

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Gov. Scott and GE: Jobs, incentives and investments in Scott’s oil & gas partnerships

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
When Gov. Rick Scott announced last week that GE Oil & Gas would open a $50 million manufacturing facility in Jacksonville he talked about how it would create 500 new jobs for Florida. Not mentioned in the hoopla: how another division of General Electric has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in publicly traded oil and natural gas partnerships in which Scott had a financial interest.
Sep 24, 2014 6:06 AM

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9/11 victims: Saudi Arabia’s ‘lavish sponsorship’ of al Qaeda made attacks possible

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
As defense attorneys tried again last week to get Saudi Arabia dropped from a massive federal lawsuit accusing it of complicity in the 9/11 attacks, lawyers for those who survived, and relatives of the dead, filed a sweeping new statement of the evidence they are marshaling for trial.
Sep 18, 2014 6:03 AM

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Video-on-demand finally comes to Broward County Commission meetings

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward County took a step toward greater government transparency last month with the start-up of a new system of on-demand video for commission meetings and public hearings.
Sep 17, 2014 6:03 AM

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Latino workers dying at higher rates in job accidents, report shows

By Stuart Silverstein
FairWarning
As Latino workers take on more and more of the nation’s toughest and dirtiest jobs, they increasingly are paying for it with their lives.
Sep 16, 2014 6:14 AM

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Hallandale city manager’s going away gift of public money to departing commissioner

By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Thanks to Hallandale Beach City Manager Renee Miller’s generosity, former Vice Mayor Alexander Lewy collected a tidy gift of taxpayer cash after he quit the city commission last May before his term was finished.
Sep 12, 2014 11:42 AM

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Koch foundation sought control at FSU: Teach our curriculum, get millions

By David Levinthal
Center for Public Integrity
In 2007, when the Charles Koch Foundation considered giving millions of dollars to Florida State University’s economics department, the offer came with strings attached.