Month: December 2010
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Broward cardiologist and GOP fundraiser Zachariah cleared of insider stock trading charges
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
In a stinging rebuke to the government, a federal judge Monday cleared Fort Lauderdale heart doctor and top Republican fundraiser Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah of civil insider stock trading charges. -
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Weston Mayor Eric Hersh fined, flipped as informant by Florida securities regulators
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
As a member of the county’s Resource Recovery Board, Weston Mayor Eric Hersh was the chief negotiator and driving force behind Broward’s controversial $1.5 billion garbage deal. But Hersh has another, less well known public position. -
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Wall Street quietly creates a way to profit from homeowner distress
By Fred Schulte
Huffington Post Investigative Fund
When Florida retiree Gladys Walker fell behind in paying taxes on her modest Pompano Beach home, she had no idea one of America’s biggest banks and a major Wall Street hedge fund engaged in frenzied bidding for the right to collect her debt—all $768.25 of it. -
Broward County balks at extending Waste Management’s $1.5 billion no-bid trash contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Unhappy that a sweeping ten-year, $1.5 billion trash deal was negotiated without competitive bidding, Broward commissioners on Tuesday refused to approve the pact until they can justify how much residents and businesses will be charged. -
$1.5 billion no-bid garbage deal roils Broward cities; county votes on disposal restructuring
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A little-noticed power play that could substantially affect how much most Broward residents pay to dispose of their garbage through the next decade is set for a preliminary vote Tuesday at the Broward County Commission. -
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John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge among marquee names in suit against troubled Florida law firm
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A large Florida law firm whose founding partner was suspended by the Florida Supreme Court last month for betraying clients faces more trouble from a state lawsuit alleging that its top partner in Fort Lauderdale aided a stock swindle.
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