Category: Campaign Finance
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PAC paid $50K to firms defending Gregory Tony in lawsuit seeking his ouster as Broward’s sheriff
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A political committee that has supported Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, Broward First, paid nearly $50,000 to a pair of high-powered law firms that represent him personally in a civil suit brought by opponents who contend he is a convicted felon, and thus ineligible to serve as sheriff.
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U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney mum about fat fees paid to White House Counsel’s ex-law firm
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org From last July to March, the campaign committee for freshman Florida Congressman Francis Rooney paid roughly $117,000 to the former law firm of White House Counsel Donald McGahn II. However, neither Rooney nor McGahn are answering questions about the payments.
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Owners at South Beach’s Shelborne fight $30 million assessments, foreclosure
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org For the past four years, about 40 investors and snowbirds who own 42 rooms in a landmark oceanfront art deco hotel have been locked in a pitched court battle with one of Miami Beach’s most politically connected families to keep their units.
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Study: New members of Congress rely on special interest money once in Washington
By Francisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org Nearly five-dozen newly elected members of Congress collectively raised $17.3 million in special interest money during their first year in office – increasing their reliance on contributions from single-issue political action committees, according to a new government watchdog report.