Author: William Gjebre
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Hallandale commissioner Anthony Sanders resigns amid allegations of wrongdoing
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
UPDATE, Aug. 11 – Hallandale Beach City Commissioner Anthony Sanders resigned his commission seat today on the heels of a scathing report from the Broward Inspector General’s Office that said he “engaged in a pattern of misconduct” in the awarding of city grants and other funding. -
Hallandale freezes payments for city development, jobs programs citing waste & fraud
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
Hallandale Beach City Manager Roger Carlton has ordered what could be a multi-million dollar freeze on all payments under two city jobs and business development programs, saying they “have lost their way.” -
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Miami-Dade Schools, union push costly private loan program for lowest paid workers
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
A union representing the lowest-paid Miami-Dade public schools employees has endorsed a proposed private loan program for its members that would charge 24 percent interest with the school district collecting loan repayments by deducting them from employee paychecks. -
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Union ousts top officer for talking to reporter about union president’s big pay hike
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
A top union official has been suspended by his union for speaking out to a Florida Bulldog reporter and raising questions about the Miami-Dade school administration giving a huge pay hike to the union’s president two months before the School Board began approval of two contracts that outsourced lawn maintenance usually done by union workers. -
Miami-Dade schools gave union boss fat pay hike before outsourcing work
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
The Miami-Dade public schools administration gave a 60 percent pay hike to the president of the union that represents the district’s lowest-paid employees months before the school board approved one of two contracts that outsourced lawn maintenance work traditionally performed by union workers. -
Hallandale Beach halts advertising in local newspaper where mayor is a columnist
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
Hallandale Beach city commissioners have pulled the plug on city advertising in the local Sun Times newspaper featuring articles by Mayor Joy Cooper that drew fire from commission colleagues as “propaganda” for the mayor.
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