Tag: Broward School Board
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We’re at the ‘epicenter’ of the nation’s housing crisis, but Broward’s housing leaders are missing in action
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
What if there was a crisis in Broward County and the leaders responsible for helping to solve it didn’t bother to show up? We just found out. -
The sheriff and the school board member: how Tony and Alhadeff scratched each other’s backs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward School Board Member Lori Alhadeff has raised thousands of dollars for Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s election campaign, and a nonprofit she leads purchased thousands of dollars in bleeding control kits sold by a company Tony founded. Now, the sheriff’s Law Enforcement Trust Fund has awarded Alhadeff’s nonprofit a grant of $8,000. -
Broward School Board backs Runcie on keeping public off selection committee
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
In the face of public suspicion, a majority of the Broward School Board last week voiced support for Superintendent Robert Runcie’s move to exclude the public from sitting on a committee that will select companies to manage $800 million in voter-approved construction projects. -
Broward school administrators look to bypass anti-corruption reforms
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
Purchasing reforms enacted five years ago by the Broward School Board in the wake of corruption scandals would be bypassed amid a dispute over public participation in the selection of companies to manage $800 million in voter-approved bond projects. -
Corruption-plagued Broward School Board sees no evil in bid rigging allegations
By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
In the last five years, two Broward School Board members were convicted of corruption and a statewide grand jury described the board as both inept and corrupted by “contractors, vendors and their lobbyists.” Today, amid fresh allegations of bid rigging, the board is taking a see no evil approach. -
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Broward Health commissioner upgrades unpaid post to well-paid lobbyist for hospital district
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
When Clarence V. McKee quit his commissioner’s seat on the governing board of Broward Health in January, records show he urged his colleagues to keep an eye on consulting contracts doled out by the tax supported public health care system. But less than a month later and without any public discussion by his former colleagues, McKee upgraded his unpaid position to a lobbying contract worth $65,000.
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