Author: Dan Christensen
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Use Only as Directed: Acetaminophen can kill, but regulators don’t act
By Jeff Gerth and T. Christian Miller
ProPublica
During the last decade, more than 1,500 Americans died after accidentally taking too much of a drug renowned for its safety: acetaminophen, one of the nation’s most popular pain relievers. -
Broward commissioners move to retake contract power; change would reverse 2010 reforms
By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward County Commission has taken its first step to snatch back power to influence the awarding of contracts, and more change is in the air. -
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Ex-SEC chief now helps companies navigate post-meltdown reforms
By Lauren Kyger, Alison Fitzgerald and John Dunbar
Center for Public Integrity
On March 11, 2008, Christopher Cox, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said he was comfortable with the amount of capital that Bear Stearns and the other publicly traded Wall Street investment banks had on hand. Days later, Bear was gone, becoming the first investment bank to disappear in 2008 under the watch of Cox’s SEC. -
Subprime lending execs back in business five years after crash
By Daniel Wagner
Center for Public Integrity
Andy Pollock rode the last subprime mortgage wave to the top then got out as the industry collapsed and took the U.S. economy with it. Today, he’s back in business. -
Broward opens broad inquiry into misuse of property tax dollars by CRAs; millions at stake
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward Inspector General’s Office has opened a broad inquiry into the potential misuse of public funds across the county with written requests to at least nine cities with a Community Redevelopment Agency to hand over a variety of financial records for inspection. -
Ex-Wall Street chieftains living large in post-meltdown world
By Alison Fitzgerald
Center for Public Integrity
Five years after the near-collapse of the nation’s financial system, the economy continues a slow recovery. Many of the top Wall Street bankers who were largely responsible for the disaster are also unemployed. But they walked away with millions and they’re juggling their ample free time between mansions, golf, skiing and tennis
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