Category: Special Districts
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Fort Lauderdale DDA’s decline: from nurturing the rise of the city’s center to installing a mural on a city parking garage
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org A bill to prolong Fort Lauderdale’s downtown taxing district for 20 years beyond its 2030 expiration date failed this legislative session. Expect another try in Tallahassee, though critics wonder why the Downtown Development Authority is still around after 54 years.
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Broward grand jury hears first witnesses in criminal probe of Broward Health
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins FloridaBulldog.org A Broward grand jury has begun hearing about alleged criminal conduct at long-troubled Broward Health, the taxpayer-supported public medical system for the northern two-thirds of the county.
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Corruption allegations involving Broward Health, Gov. Scott unsealed in whistleblower suit
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Florida Bulldog exclusively reported last year about 21st Century’s unprecedented 2012 contract to provide radiation oncology services at Broward Health, and how it was inked while the governor was an investor in a private-equity firm that owned 21st Century Oncology.
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Report: Taxpayer-supported Broward Health engaged in ‘cultural civil war’
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org The law firm that’s overseeing taxpayer-supported Broward Health’s compliance with conditions imposed by the U.S. last year when it paid $70 million to resolve alleged lawbreaking has concluded the troubled hospital district is in a state of “cultural civil war.”
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Advertising mogul threw fundraiser for chairman’s wife amid Broward Health deals
By Buddy Nevins and Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Just seven weeks after signing a $2.1 million-a-year no-bid contract with Broward Health, advertising executive Jordan Zimmerman threw a political fundraiser for the wife of the hospital district’s chairman.
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Company tied to Gov. Scott got Broward Health contract, gave $400K to his campaign
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins FloridaBulldog.org A cancer treatment company financially tied to Gov. Rick Scott that got a no-bid, 25-year contract from Broward Health in January 2012 later contributed nearly $400,000 to the governor’s re-election campaign, state records show.