Category: Broward County
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Waste Management scholarships gifted to Cooper City commissioner’s twins may violate ethics laws
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
On Jan. 29, Cooper City Commissioner Lisa Mallozzi certified that she had completed four hours of annual required ethics training. She did the same for 2022 and 2023. Unfortunately, there was no requirement that she remember what she was taught. -
End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old. Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court. -
NAACP calls on Justice Department to investigate ‘alarming’ BSO jail deaths; ‘Immediate action’ urged
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The NAACP Monday asked the Justice Department to investigate the Broward Sheriff’s Office after the deaths of 21 inmates in the Broward County jail since 2021. -
Waste Management wants deal with Broward to allow Monarch Hill dump to rise as much as another ten stories
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After Waste Management’s four-year push toward a significant expansion of its Monarch Hill dump was yanked from the Broward Commission’s Tuesday agenda, the immediate question was why? The answer now appears to be that the $20-billion, Houston-based garbage disposal company is looking to make a deal. -
Broward commission postpones high-profile vote on ’emotional issue’ of mountainous north county dump
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
CLICK THROUGH TO SEE 11 A.M. UPDATE To dump, nor not to dump. That is the question. At 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, giant Waste Management will ask the Broward County Commission to alter the county’s land use designation on the site of a decommissioned waste-to-energy plant on company property that could provide it with 24.2 acres of new dumping ground adjacent to its towering Monarch Hill landfill in North Broward. -
Election integrity or voter suppression? Florida has 1 million fewer voters in 2023
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly 1 million registered voters have been dropped from Florida’s active voter rolls since last year, with Democrats and voters with no party affiliation (NPA) accounting for about 90 percent of the departed.
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