Category: Florida

Nov 27, 2012 6:31 AM

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Despite “No Involvement” pledge, Butterworth got the kind of private deal he backed as DCF boss

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
When Bob Butterworth filed a bid last winter on a $44.8 million-a-year Department of Children and Families private management contract he signed a “Statement of No Involvement.” By signing the statement, the former Florida Attorney General certified that neither he nor anyone else at the non-profit Broward Behavioral Health Coalition was involved in developing the DCF program for the project his company was bidding on.
Oct 31, 2012 6:39 AM

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Judges backed Butterworth’s push to nail down DCF’s $44.8 million Broward healthcare contract

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A state appeals court chief judge and three Broward Circuit Court judges lent their names to Bob Butterworth’s private push for a $44.8 million-a-year state mental health management contract, state records show.
Oct 25, 2012 6:10 AM

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Major contributor to Gov. Scott is silent partner in Bob Butterworth’s $44.8 million deal with DCF

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Another political insider – this time a major contributor to Gov. Rick Scott – has cropped up in a $44.8 million-a-year government-business deal to manage mental health services in Broward County.
Oct 4, 2012 6:23 AM

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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.
Sep 26, 2012 6:28 AM

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$44 million state contract handed to Butterworth’s group despite lack of rules for public scrutiny

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Florida’s Department of Children and Families awarded a $44 million-a-year contract to privatize the management of mental health services in Broward without required rules in place to promote public scrutiny.
Aug 22, 2012 6:08 AM

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Florida is ground zero for another partisan debate over who should be allowed to vote

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org

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Category: Florida

Despite “No Involvement” pledge, Butterworth got the kind of private deal he backed as DCF boss

Judges backed Butterworth’s push to nail down DCF’s $44.8 million Broward healthcare contract

Major contributor to Gov. Scott is silent partner in Bob Butterworth’s $44.8 million deal with DCF

Butterworth skirts state lobbying laws to land $44 million-a-year contract in Broward

$44 million state contract handed to Butterworth’s group despite lack of rules for public scrutiny

Florida is ground zero for another partisan debate over who should be allowed to vote

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