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Author: Francisco Alvarado

  • Miami-Dade commissioners find $30 million to fix iconic courthouse

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    Miami-Dade commissioners find $30 million to fix iconic courthouse

    By Francisco Alvarado
    FloridaBulldog.org
    Last year, local judges and prominent attorneys led an unsuccessful campaign to convince Miami-Dade voters to foot the bill for a new $368 million civil court building, plus $25 million to fix up the iconic Dade County Courthouse. The measure failed 2-to-1. Now it turns out Miami-Dade County already had a pot of taxpayer money available for extensive repairs needed at the deteriorating, 87-year-old landmark.

  • FDLE’s Miami regional office ‘like ‘The Walking Dead'”

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    FDLE’s Miami regional office ‘like ‘The Walking Dead’”

    By Francisco Alvarado
    FloridaBulldog.org
    The Miami regional office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was a dysfunctional, hostile workplace where the special agent-in-charge, Addy Villanueva, was in the dark about turmoil between rank-and-file officers and her abrasive second-in-command, Robert Breeden.

  • Top two FDLE agents in Miami are out; Turmoil amid takeover of police shooting probes

    Top two FDLE agents in Miami are out; Turmoil amid takeover of police shooting probes

    By Francisco Alvarado
    FloridaBulldog.org
    The abrupt replacement of Gerald Bailey as Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner wasn’t the only major shake-up at the state’s top law enforcement agency in December. Also out amid reports of internal intrigue: the first woman to lead FDLE’s Miami Regional Operations Center, Addy Villanueva, and her number two, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Robert Breeden.

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