Author: Noreen Marcus
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Fort Lauderdale’s sewer calamity blamed on budget strategy that diverted funds meant for fixes
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
State regulators did what they could to prevent the Fort Lauderdale sewer mess that experts predicted years before a major pipeline sprang leaks in December–and kept on spewing waste for almost three months. But Fort Lauderdale failed to protect itself. Now, in the middle of a pandemic, the city is fighting a costly rearguard action to restore the sewage system, rescue marine life and preserve clean water. -
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Florida justices rewrite rules to scrap high court’s liberal legacy
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The new hyper-conservative Florida Supreme Court delights abortion haters, gun lovers and law-and-order fans who want quicker executions to empty Death Row. At the same time, it troubles liberals who remember the court’s progressive strides before it took a decisive turn to the right. Any expansion of civil rights and criminal justice slowed when Gov. Rick Scott started picking justices; Gov. Ron DeSantis’s choices have taken even moderation off the table almost entirely. -
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Blind Floridians demand state heed their plight in voting-rights case
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Advocates for Florida voters who are blind or vision-impaired are trying to raise their profile in a federal mail-in-voting case. They say their right to vote is at risk despite an easy fix. -
Broward commissioner cashed in on land sales to Pompano CRA he recently led
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward County Commissioner Lamar Fisher and his partners reaped a $565,000 profit when they sold land to the Pompano Beach urban renewal agency that Fisher chaired for 11 years. -
BSO union president loses lawsuit against Sheriff Tony
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The president of the Broward deputies’ union lost his civil rights lawsuit against the Broward Sheriff’s Office in an early court skirmish. -
Astroturfing for politics and profit complicates Florida’s reopen protests
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis is answering President Donald Trump’s call to boost economic recovery from the coronavirus by reopening most of Florida faster than public health experts want. Even so, last month saw small but high-profile rallies in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers, all based on the same complaint: Jobs, services and entertainment aren’t springing back quickly enough.
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