Month: January 2024
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End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old. Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court. -
NAACP calls on Justice Department to investigate ‘alarming’ BSO jail deaths; ‘Immediate action’ urged
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The NAACP Monday asked the Justice Department to investigate the Broward Sheriff’s Office after the deaths of 21 inmates in the Broward County jail since 2021. -
Florida Bar gives Trump’s tainted Broward counsel a pass but bedevils a lawyer on DeSantis’s blacklist
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Bar gives Trump’s tainted Broward counsel a pass but bedevils a lawyer on DeSantis’s shitlist. -
Waste Management wants deal with Broward to allow Monarch Hill dump to rise as much as another ten stories
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After Waste Management’s four-year push toward a significant expansion of its Monarch Hill dump was yanked from the Broward Commission’s Tuesday agenda, the immediate question was why? The answer now appears to be that the $20-billion, Houston-based garbage disposal company is looking to make a deal. -
Broward commission postpones high-profile vote on ’emotional issue’ of mountainous north county dump
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
CLICK THROUGH TO SEE 11 A.M. UPDATE To dump, nor not to dump. That is the question. At 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, giant Waste Management will ask the Broward County Commission to alter the county’s land use designation on the site of a decommissioned waste-to-energy plant on company property that could provide it with 24.2 acres of new dumping ground adjacent to its towering Monarch Hill landfill in North Broward. -
As U.S. Supreme Court’s workload drops, justices seek hefty budget increase to include 24-hour private security
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
While it’s gone largely unnoticed by the national media, the U.S. Supreme Court’s workload fell again with a sharp 22 percent decrease in the number of cases filed in the court’s paid docket – even as Chief Justice John Roberts is asking Congress for a 22 percent increase in the court’s budget, to $140 million.
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