Month: December 2020
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Appeals court tosses suit by Parkland students who claimed civil rights breaches tied to 2018 massacre
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a suit filed by 15 students who claimed their civil rights were violated due to government blunders before and during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. -
Bush v Gore schemers Stone and McCarty together again on White House pardon list
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Roger Stone and Mary McCarty together again. The White House pardon list didn’t mention their ugly prior association in its list of pardons and commutations. Nor did the White House mention that McCarty is the sister of lobbyist Brian Ballard, one of Trump’s top fundraisers. -
DeSantis gave son of billionaire Trump buddy millions in no-bid COVID contracts
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has given more than $4 million in no-bid, coronavirus-related state contracts to a social media startup co-founded based in New York City and led by the son of a South Florida billionaire and prominent supporter of President Donald Trump. -
Antonacci gets a new job and an old problem: the appearance of a conflict of interest with his wife
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Outgoing Broward Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci was named Tuesday by Florida’s Cabinet to be the next Chief Judge/Executive Director of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings. But his new job creates an immediate appearance of a conflict of interest involving his wife. -
PAC paid $50K to firms defending Gregory Tony in lawsuit seeking his ouster as Broward’s sheriff
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A political committee that has supported Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, Broward First, paid nearly $50,000 to a pair of high-powered law firms that represent him personally in a civil suit brought by opponents who contend he is a convicted felon, and thus ineligible to serve as sheriff. -
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Miami-Dade public housing tenants face eviction threat amid pandemic
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Local, state and federal moratoriums meant to protect renters from facing threats of eviction throughout the pandemic don’t apply to public housing tenants in Miami-Dade County who miss deadlines to submit proof of their indigent status.
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