Category: Hollywood
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Controversial Hollywood beach tower may face another hurdle: litigation
By Noreen Marcus
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Resurrected lawsuit puts FPL’s past controversies back in the spotlight
By Nate Monroe
The Tributary
An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled this week in a remarkable resurrection of the case. The suit, which has two Florida pension funds as the lead plaintiffs, argues that the company made misleading statements as Florida newspapers several years ago uncovered evidence of a wide range of misdeeds, including involvement in efforts to warp Florida elections through the use of “ghost” candidates, use of dirty tricks to acquire Jacksonville’s city-owned electric utility, surveillance of a journalist and attempts to control media coverage. -
GOP crypto exec challenging Wasserman Schultz defends his businesses against multiple lawsuits
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Republican Michael Carbonara, a Cooper City bitcoin entrepreneur who wants to replace U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, is campaigning on his business acumen. -
Related Group’s proposed Hollywood Beach condo tower, once sidelined by residents, returns to center stage
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
When Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy won re-election in November, the oceanside condo-tower development he’d aggressively pushed was mired in red tape and dissent. Now, it’s back. -
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Minority-owned contractor’s suit vs Broward School Board and its bond program manager moving toward trial
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A little-noticed lawsuit filed by a minority-owned design and engineering firm that claims it’s been defrauded by AECOM, manager of the Broward School Board’s long-troubled $800-million bond program, is headed toward trial next summer. -
Related Group tied to $100K that went to PAC backing Hollywood Mayor who backed its project
By Dan Christensen and Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In the three weeks before Josh Levy’s re-election as mayor of Hollywood, a political action committee backing him accepted $100,000 in contributions from corporations tied to a Miami developer looking to build a controversial 30-story, luxury beachfront condo tower on public land.
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