Author: Dan Christensen
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Despite state law, bail reform comes to Broward in bid to end unjust treatment of poor, minorities
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a move that on its face is at odds with Florida law, Broward’s chief judge ordered an end to the assessment of cash bail for most defendants charged with non-violent, third-degree felonies or misdemeanors before their first appearance in court. -
Broward Sheriff fights Criminal Justice Standards Commission move to strip him of license to be a cop for lying
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony is fighting a recommendation that he be stripped of his state license to be a police officer for multiple counts of lying under oath, according to documentation obtained by Florida Bulldog. -
After all these years, Marco Rubio still hasn’t figured out how to comply with federal campaign fundraising laws
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican Marco Rubio, Florida’s senior U.S. senator, has been in office for more than a decade. You’d think by now he and his minions would have read, understood and complied with federal campaign fundraising law. Nope. -
DeSantis ignores inconvenient facts to appoint Judge Renatha Francis to Florida Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Palm Beach Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court, ignoring documented incidents that call into question her fitness to serve on the state’s most powerful tribunal. -
Everglades Foundation’s politically fraught lawsuit against its former top scientist unsealed in Miami
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami-Dade Circuit judge Monday unsealed a 19-page complaint and other records filed by the Everglades Foundation in early April in a politically charged lawsuit against its former top scientist. -
Big money and Sheriff Tony’s OK smoothed convicted felon’s return to Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When the Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council handed out medals for bravery in May, the honored officers and firefighters got their awards and a handshake from a convicted felon on federal probation.
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