By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
The owner of a private, for profit surgical center received two $100,000 taxpayer-backed business loans from Hallandale Beach after city officials changed guidelines that previously had allowed for only one such loan.
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A federal jury has awarded $175,000 to a state prisoner it found was brutalized while in Miami police custody in 2006.
Gerald Lelieve suffered severe internal injuries that nearly killed him when he was repeatedly kicked and stomped as he lay on the ground in handcuffs after his arrest on a drug charge
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
The promise of the lowest price for waste disposal could be thwarted by a last-minute demand from top Broward County administrators.
The county was in the throes of negotiating a multi-million dollar waste disposal contract when suddenly the government issued a requirement that any company must provide a list of disposal sites.
By Myron Levin, Lilly Fowler and Stuart Silverstein
FairWarning
Robert J. Barnhart was a crew chief for a billboard company, and a soldier in a war on trees.
Trees were the enemy if they spoiled the view of a billboard. On days of an attack, Barnhart, 27, would arrive by dawn at Lamar Advertising Co. in Tallahassee, Fla. After removing the magnetic Lamar logo from a company truck, he would set forth with a machete, a hospital mask and a container of what he described as a “pretty gnarly” herbicide.
By Brian Kindle
Special to BrowardBulldog.org
TD Bank lost a $67 million jury verdict in January in a case related to the notorious Fort Lauderdale lawyer and swindler Scott Rothstein. Now, the Canadian-owned bank is accused of withholding evidence during the 70-day trial.
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A firm that obtained a $75,000 business development loan from Hallandale Beach without signing a repayment agreement or providing collateral has defaulted, leaving the city unable to recover nearly all of the taxpayer-supplied money.
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