Tag: Xavier Suarez

Oct 18, 2021 5:30 AM

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Bankruptcy filings, financial woes dog surprise Miami commission candidate Jeffrey Watson

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
During the 2010s, Miami City Commissioner Jeffrey Watson was twice unsuccessful in securing bankruptcy protection, fell behind on more than $1 million on his home mortgage, couldn’t pay a $129,284 civil judgment and owed $26,933 in income tax to the Internal Revenue Service. Now, the former Bill Clinton White House aide is poised to upend the Miami City Commission District 5 race after pledging not to run when he was appointed to the seat 11 months ago.
Jun 20, 2018 5:20 AM

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Cuban exile museum touts booster’s lawyerly credentials despite Bar suspension

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Amid the brouhaha over a controversial effort to place a $77-million museum honoring Cuban exiles on a swath of public waterfront land, some troubling details about one of the museum’s primary boosters has surfaced.
Oct 27, 2016 5:30 AM

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Miami-Dade Commissioner questions value of $3.7 million Beacon Council subsidy

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
An elected official’s recent inquiry into The Beacon Council, a private agency that is tasked with keeping companies in Miami-Dade and attracting new ones, revealed that 10 firms that supposedly received assistance in the past year have either zero presence or no employees based locally.
Apr 24, 2014 6:15 AM

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Too many heroin addicts, too few treatment beds; The runaround in Miami-Dade

By Francisco Alvarado
BrowardBulldog.org
As a heroin epidemic builds in South Florida, one drug interventionist is finding it difficult to get Miami-Dade County’s assistance to open a long-term treatment facility.