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State ethics board finds it likely that ex-Broward Health commissioner broke law; does nothing
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Florida ethics commission has found probable cause to believe that Fort Lauderdale consultant Joseph Cobo had business conflicts that “interfered with his public duties” as a North Broward Hospital District commissioner. -
A year after teen’s death prosecutors can’t decide whether fired Broward deputy should be charged
By Wanda J. DeMarzo
BrowardBulldog.org
Purple flowers encircle two utility poles top to bottom on Dixie Highway in Oakland Park. Balloons, votive candles and teddy bears sit sentry — a memorial for 14-year-old Cara Dyan Catlin. She died at the intersection Jan. 23, 2010, a passenger in a car struck by a Broward Sheriff’s Office patrol cruiser speeding to a traffic stop. One year later prosecutors have yet to decide if the former deputy should be charged with a crime. -
A proposed law for Florida seeks merit pay for teachers; major school districts nervous
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Officials of teachers’ unions in Broward and Miami-Dade are wary of a newly filed bill that establishes teachers pay based on performance and places limitations on tenure. -
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Wall Street quietly creates a way to profit from homeowner distress
By Fred Schulte
Huffington Post Investigative Fund
When Florida retiree Gladys Walker fell behind in paying taxes on her modest Pompano Beach home, she had no idea one of America’s biggest banks and a major Wall Street hedge fund engaged in frenzied bidding for the right to collect her debt—all $768.25 of it. -
Marco Rubio gets $247K boost from Rove’s PAC
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A “super PAC” backed by Republican strategist Karl Rove, and largely financed by a handful of mega-wealthy out-of-state businessmen, has reported spending nearly a quarter of a million dollars to support Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio. -
Still no justice for man who spent 22 years in prison for crimes he did not commit
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Confessing to a murder or rape you did not commit is unthinkable. But as DNA testing continues to exonerate convicted murderers and rapists, new research shows that nearly 20 percent of those innocent inmates falsely confessed to the crimes that sent them to prison. More than 250 convicts nationwide have been cleared by DNA testing. University of Virginia law school Professor Brandon L. Garrett’s study found that more than 40 of them confessed falsely, and seeks to explain why.
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