Tag: Candice Ericks
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Broward’s two hospital districts lobby for bill that would give them sweeping new business powers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly identical bills quietly filed in the Florida House and Senate would grant Broward’s two taxpayer-supported hospital districts sweeping new powers they could use to merge or go into business with any public or private company without fear of violating state or federal antitrust laws. -
Conflicts of interest, cronyism at SFRTA, Tri-Rail’s operator, amid furtive renewal of costly lobbying contract
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The governing board of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, operator of Tri-Rail commuter service, ditched staff plans to seek bids for lobbying services and instead rehired its longtime lobbyist amid apparent cronyism, conflicts of interest and possibly wasteful spending. -
New Broward jail healthcare provider has grim history of lawsuits, deaths
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Poor medical care and at least 15 needless deaths at the Broward County Jail since 2010 appear to have caught up with controversial Miami-based Armor Correctional Health Services, which has lost its bid for another multi-million, multi-year contract to provide medical services to county inmates. -
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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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