Category: Hallandale Beach
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Hallandale Beach’s Gulfstream Park developers win concessions from city, county worth millions
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Developers of a $1.2 billion residential and commercial development at Gulfstream Park have convinced commissioners at Broward County and Hallandale Beach to release them from an earlier pledge to build 225 units of affordable housing. -
Hallandale’s generous loans to private surgery center raise more questions about city program
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
The owner of a private, for profit surgical center received two $100,000 taxpayer-backed business loans from Hallandale Beach after city officials changed guidelines that previously had allowed for only one such loan. -
Another black eye – Hallandale loses $75,000 in taxpayer money in botched business loan
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A firm that obtained a $75,000 business development loan from Hallandale Beach without signing a repayment agreement or providing collateral has defaulted, leaving the city unable to recover nearly all of the taxpayer-supplied money. -
Hallandale Beach holds back records in “botched” audit; $20 million in contracts go unchecked
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
An outside auditing firm did not review more than $20 million in Hallandale Beach vendor contracts because the city failed to provide the information and limitations on the scope of the audit. -
Sweet deal for owners of Hallandale newspaper that features mayor as columnist
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A weekly newspaper in Hallandale Beach got a $50,000 city “loan” under terms so favorable that half of it – $25,000 – amounted to a taxpayer giveaway because the city did not require it to be repaid.
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