Tag: Lois Wexler

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Broward, Pompano OK’d tax breaks for maker of Russian AK-47 assault rifles

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
At the first regular meeting of the Broward County Commission after the Valentine’s Day shooting slaughter in Parkland, Mayor Beam Furr talked of anguish and action. But 32 months earlier Furr and his commission colleagues offered tax incentives to attract to Broward the maker of Russian-style AK-47 assault rifles.
Jun 8, 2016 5:24 AM

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Broward County’s $18.9 million airport flip-flop and a new, secret whistleblower case

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
With little public discussion, the Broward County Commission has overwhelmingly approved an $18.9-million payout to airport contractor Tutor Perini to settle a bitter dispute about who was to blame for costly construction delays.
Jan 19, 2016 5:29 AM

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Broward airport boss sought secret deal to drop county’s $34 million claim for delays

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two weeks before Broward County fired off a New Year’s Eve letter to contractor Tutor Perini demanding $34 million in damages for costly airport construction delays, county aviation boss Kent George tried to secretly negotiate a nearly opposite deal with the company.
Jan 12, 2016 5:27 AM

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Broward County seeks $34 million in damages for airport construction delays

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The ongoing construction saga at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport hit an unpleasant, unannounced milestone with a New Year’s Eve notice to a major contractor that it owes Broward County more than $34 million in damages for costly delays.
Apr 13, 2015 12:37 PM

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Change orders add millions in airport costs; Is this how Broward should do business?

By William Hladky
FloridaBulldog.org
For the third time in three years, Broward Commissioners voted last week to pay more — $2.5 million this time – to the company that’s managing the ongoing $800 million runway expansion project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Commissioner Lois Wexler is concerned about repeated costly change orders.
Sep 18, 2014 6:03 AM

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Video-on-demand finally comes to Broward County Commission meetings

By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward County took a step toward greater government transparency last month with the start-up of a new system of on-demand video for commission meetings and public hearings.