Category: Deerfield Beach
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Hallandale finds allies amid aggressive response to county’s request for CRA documents
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A group of Broward cities have reached an agreement with the county Inspector Genera’s Office to turn over financial documents from their redevelopment agencies, temporarily heading off a possible court battle over the county’s claim that it has jurisdiction to investigate those agencies. -
Charities in Broward, elsewhere that claim to support veterans spend big on overhead instead
By Chad Garland and Andrew Knochel
News 21
Over four years, as veterans returned home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Pompano Beach charity called Disabled Veterans Services, reported raising more than $8 million in cash and nearly $4 million in donated goods it claimed would help disabled and homeless veterans. But barely a nickel of each dollar the charity raised in cash went directly to help veterans, a News21 analysis shows. -
Denied permission to expand, detox center files federal lawsuit against Deerfield Beach
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
A substance abuse treatment center has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against Deerfield Beach alleging the city illegally blocked its plans to expand after neighbors complained. -
Five ex-Deerfield Beach commissioners cleared of wrongdoing about free festival tickets
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
UPDATE: Dec. 16 – Five current and former Deerfield Beach commissioners have been cleared of accusations that they broke state conflict of interest and gift disclosure laws. -
Deerfield Beach commissioner Sylvia Poitier agrees to surrender Wednesday on corruption charges
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier has agreed to surrender at the Broward County Jail Wednesday to be arrested and booked for falsifying official records, Broward Bulldog has learned.
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