Author: Dan Christensen
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Hallandale’s ex-top managers collect fat pensions from retirement plan they pushed a decade ago
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A short-lived, perk-laden retirement plan has paid off big for some top Hallandale Beach officials who helped set it up a decade ago – but today it’s costing city taxpayers extra millions of dollars. -
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Feds to examine whether doctors are using electronic health records to pad Medicare bills
By Fred Schulte
The Center for Public Integrity
The nation’s top health information technology official has launched an internal review to determine if electronic health records are prompting some doctors and hospitals to overbill Medicare. -
More bullying alleged against fired cheerleading coach; Coral Glades High did nothing
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
Three years before cheerleading coach Melissa Prochilo was fired for ignoring bullying in her program at a Parkland high school, faculty members and parents at a nearby Coral Springs high school where she used to work leveled the same complaint against her. -
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Romney benefits from post-Citizens United spending; American Crossroads top spender since Labor Day
By Rachael Marcus
The Center for Public Integrity
Since Labor Day, the once-unofficial start of the election season, 70 percent of outside spending on the presidential race made possible by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision has benefited Mitt Romney, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis. -
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Years later, Water District eyes suing Hollywood pump maker to recover lost taxpayer dollars
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Five years ago, the South Florida Water Management District took a $1.5 million bath when a Hollywood company sold it 15 large electric pumps that quickly failed, then refused to honor its warranty. Now, the top lawyer for the budget-challenged independent taxing district is recommending it sue the Hollywood company that manufactured the pumps. -
Butterworth skirts state lobbying laws to land $44 million-a-year contract in Broward
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Ex-Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth lobbied heavily this year to convince his former agency to award his nonprofit company – and its for profit partner – a $44 million-a-year state management contract. Butterworth, however, is not registered to lobby.
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