Year: 2012
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Hallandale Beach made hush-hush settlement with a top manager over lucrative pension plan
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Hallandale Beach taxpayers quietly coughed up nearly $500,000 in 2009 to settle a complaint by a ranking city official that his bosses had failed to include him in a generous management retirement plan for top city leaders. -
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Karl Rove-affiliated groups spend $175 million, lose 21 of 30 races
By Michael Beckel and Reity O’Brien
Center for Public Integrity
If Karl Rove was an NFL coach and not a political strategist, he would probably be looking for a new job about now. Organizations co-founded by the GOP’s most effective fundraiser spent more than $175 million only to see President Barack Obama win a second term and Democrats actually gain seats in the U.S. Senate. -
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Secret Documents Show Weak Oversight of Key Foreclosure Program
By Paul Kiel
ProPublica
The Obama administration launched its main program to prevent foreclosures in the spring of 2009 with $50 billion and abundant promises. What the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, lacked — and wouldn’t have for years — was effective oversight of the big banks that were crucial to the program’s success. -
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Prosecution, defense team up to convince a skeptical judge to release inmate
By Eric Barton
BrowardBulldog.org
Next month, a federal prosecutor and a defense attorney will stand before a judge in Miami and do something extraordinary. Both sides will present evidence and call witnesses to try to convince the judge to set a man free.
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