Tag: Ron Book
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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.
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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.
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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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Dire need for COVID-19 shots adds urgency to Miami homeless advocates’ refrain
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Civil rights lawyers and activists are agitating for Miami police to stop disrupting homeless people by emptying their camps. It’s the same old song, but with a different meaning in a pandemic.
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Broward, Hollywood wrangle over 911 radio network ‘mess’
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Broward County blames a fight with the city of Hollywood for the county’s failure to upgrade a dangerously deficient 911 radio system for first responders. Hollywood residents who’ve worked tirelessly to save a environmentally sensitive park where the county wanted to install a radio tower disagree. They say the buck stops…
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Miami Gardens mayor, commissioners took hundreds of thousands of dollars from strip club, a casino and Miami Dolphins
ByFrancisco Alvarado FloridaBulldog.org Elected officials in Miami Gardens routinely accept private donations from Tootsie’s Cabaret, Calder Casino, the Miami Dolphins and other nearby businesses and city vendors without publicly disclosing any potential conflicts of interest to their constituents.
