By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Vincent Viola, the multi-billionaire owner of the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, is the principal defendant in a class action lawsuit alleging he used his control of Virtu Financial Inc. to divert more than $400 million in cash away from Virtu’s stockholders to “himself and his confederates.”
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican legislators have filed bills that would authorize politicians and bureaucrats who oversee Florida’s General Revenue Fund, the Florida Retirement System (FRS), the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and other huge state funds to invest up to 10 percent of their cash in Bitcoin and “other digital assets.”
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony, wrist dutifully slapped by the state commission that sets police standards, is back on top again. But how does he continue to dodge multiple landmines that would have exploded the careers of most other politicians?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Remember the duck test? If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. What then to make President Trump’s decision on Day One of his second, non-consecutive term to revoke President Biden’s 2021 executive order phasing out Justice Department contracts with private prison companies?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Yet another audit of Broward Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony’s extravagant new “training center” at BSO headquarters has uncovered more than $1.4 million in apparent overpayments made to ANF Group Inc., the builder which was also a large donor to Tony’s political action committee.
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