Tag: Ron Book
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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. -
The ‘poster child’ for homelessness in Miami-Dade County is an unsinkable Cuban widow called Mechy
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Mechy Paez Polo is content to live in a pleasant shelter for homeless seniors now that her true home, with her husband Orlando Polo, is gone. -
Miami-Dade’s choice: Spare 150 seniors homelessness or save taxpayers $14 million
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Up to 150 seniors who can’t afford to live in Miami-Dade County unaided are likely to soon benefit from a new state law that’s forcing local governments to segregate their homeless residents. -
Study shows more homeless deaths in Broward than Miami-Dade as rates spike in both counties
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Numbers show that homelessness, which shortens lives everywhere, is twice as lethal in Broward as in Miami-Dade. -
Florida local politicians win federal suit to block new get-tough lobbying ban
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Local politicians from Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Leon counties on Tuesday got a federal judge’s blessing to continue working as lobbyists. -
New Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book has conflict of interest as Republicans quietly shower taxpayer millions on her charity
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Lauren Book, the newly anointed leader of Florida’s Senate Democrats, has a financial conflict of interest that’s raising questions about her loyalties as her beleaguered party prepares for the challenge of redistricting in January.
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