Month: October 2020
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Lawsuit says Broward Sheriff Tony is likely a convicted felon and if so can’t hold office
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Republican candidate for Broward sheriff and three others filed suit Friday contending that incumbent Sheriff Gregory Tony, a Democrat, is a convicted felon and if so is disqualified from holding office under the Florida Constitution. -
‘The scandal is what is legal’: How the very rich spend as much as they want to control our politicians
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his 1926 short story The Rich Boy, famously wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today’s very rich Republicans and Democrats exploit their difference to spend as much as they want to control the nation’s politicians. -
Complaint: Fort Lauderdale commissioner bullied homeless into leaving their camp
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
An activist says a Fort Lauderdale city commissioner used bullying tactics to force homeless people to abandon their tent community on public property. -
Cheating on Miami Beach police exams? Nothing to see here, move on, says county ethics boss
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami Beach cop’s year-long effort to get county ethics officials to investigate credible allegations of cheating and other irregularities with the city’s exam process for promoting police officers has been snubbed. -
Tampa fugitive described in secret FBI 9/11 Operation Encore report captured in Jordan
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A fugitive and subject of Operation Encore, the FBI’s once-secret probe of suspected Saudi involvement in 9/11, was captured without fanfare in Jordan last year and returned to the U.S. to start serving an unrelated 20-year sentence for fraud. -
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In the cannabis patch, a patchwork of safety standards – and in some cases none at all
By Nate Seltenrich
FairWarning.org
Although 35 states, three U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for recreational or medical use, there still are no uniform standards for regulating potentially harmful contaminants in cannabis products.
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