Tag: Broward County
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Back to the future: Bill would bring back disgraced office of Miami-Dade Sheriff
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A bill that would resurrect the office of Sheriff of Miami-Dade County, a post abolished by voters 49 years ago in the wake of scandal, is winding its way through the Florida House.
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Hollywood Beach CRA the target of moves to cut its funding, or kill it
By William Gjebre FloridaBulldog.org Hollywood City Commissioner Peter Hernandez says the Beach Community Redevelopment Agency should be abolished because it has had increasing property tax funds for its use — at times exceeding its needs — while the “rest of the city is starving” to pay for operations and needed improvements.
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Bid rules at Broward Aviation are different; company cries foul
By William Hladky BrowardBulldog.org The rules are different at the Broward County Aviation Department. Although the Broward County Commission in 2011 approved a major overhaul of the county’s procurement code, the rule changes only partially affected the Aviation Department.
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Fort Lauderdale police don’t enforce law requiring checks on buyers at gun shows
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By William Hladky BrowardBulldog.org An apparent misreading of state law by the Fort Lauderdale Police has kept officers from enforcing a Broward County ordinance that requires criminal background checks on gun buyers at gun shows.
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Hallandale Beach’s Gulfstream Park developers win concessions from city, county worth millions
By William Gjebre BrowardBulldog.org Developers of a $1.2 billion residential and commercial development at Gulfstream Park have convinced commissioners at Broward County and Hallandale Beach to release them from an earlier pledge to build 225 units of affordable housing.
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Bureaucrats’ last minute demand alters Broward trash negotiations and could lead to higher rates
By Buddy Nevins BrowardBulldog.org The promise of the lowest price for waste disposal could be thwarted by a last-minute demand from top Broward County administrators. The county was in the throes of negotiating a multi-million dollar waste disposal contract when suddenly the government issued a requirement that any company must provide a list of disposal…