Author: Dan Christensen
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Broward Sheriff Israel makes winners out of Coventry Health Care, lobbyist Rubin
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has named incumbent and low-bidder Coventry Health Care of Florida as his choice to provide group medical insurance to BSO’s 5,800 employees – a contract worth more than $355 million over the next five years. -
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In new battleground over toxic reform, special interests target Florida, other states
By Ronnie Greene
Center for Public Integrity
HARTFORD, Conn. — In the bare-knuckle war over toxic chemicals, the fight between industry and activists has shifted noticeably from Washington, D.C., to state venues such as the golden-domed Capitol that rises over Hartford like a lordly manse. -
Charities in Broward, elsewhere that claim to support veterans spend big on overhead instead
By Chad Garland and Andrew Knochel
News 21
Over four years, as veterans returned home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Pompano Beach charity called Disabled Veterans Services, reported raising more than $8 million in cash and nearly $4 million in donated goods it claimed would help disabled and homeless veterans. But barely a nickel of each dollar the charity raised in cash went directly to help veterans, a News21 analysis shows. -
‘Concern’ about Ben Gamla curriculum sparks inquiry by Broward Schools
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward County School officials have expressed concern that taxpayer-funded Ben Gamla Charter Schools may be violating a state law that requires charter schools to be nonsectarian in their programs and operations. -
Aviation deal fallout: Broward commissioners want back some power over who gets contracts
By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward County Commission unhappiness with the Aviation Department’s concession bidding procedures has led to calls for breaking down the wall between commissioners and staff selection committees that recommend which companies get government contracts. -
ATI career school company implodes amid fraud claims; $3.7 million whistleblower settlement
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A for-profit career school operator with once-bustling campuses in Broward and Miami-Dade counties agreed this month to pay $3.7 million to the government to settle whistleblower fraud claims.
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