Month: July 2021
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Trust at issue as Miami-Dade ethics commission takes big step away from transparency
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
In a blow to transparency, the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust is no longer posting its investigative reports online. And soon, the ethics commission will remove other public documents that have been available on its website for years. -
A developer’s ‘monster’ comes to Miami’s tree-lined Silver Bluff Estates
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Maureen McCarthy’s days of quietly relaxing in her lush backyard’s pool and Jacuzzi are numbered. Thanks to Miami 21, the 12-year-old rewrite of the city’s zoning code, the Miami Dade College professor now has to live with a four-story apartment building full of tenants hovering over her two-bedroom house… -
Building back Biscayne Bay: Do natural solutions hold hope?
By Marlowe Starling
Mongabay
After last year’s massive fish kill, restoration efforts eye creative ways to restore biodiversity in Biscayne Bay. -
Dysfunctional FEC ends Rick Scott probe, but not before its lawyers found ‘reason to believe’ Scott broke the law and lied
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Sen. Rick Scott’s emailed Week in Review for last week pushed for regime change in Cuba and Venezuela, bashed “Joe Biden’s reckless spending spree’’ and touted a resolution he co-sponsored “honoring the lives lost in the Surfside tragedy.” What Scott neglected to mention was the lashing he received Thursday from the Federal Election Commission’s nonpartisan General Counsel’s Office… -
BSO contract cities meet to discuss grievances, but Sheriff Tony is a no-show
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony was a no-show Wednesday for a meeting of Broward mayors and other representatives of more than a dozen municipalities that contract, or are considering contracting, with BSO for expensive police and/or fire rescue services. -
Broward cities that pay sheriff for police/fire services consider heading for the exits amid unrest over costs, control
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A rebellion is brewing among the 13 cities that pay tens of millions of dollars to the Broward Sheriff’s Office every year for police and fire services.
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