Category: North Lauderdale
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BSO deputy fired for improper use of force after brass countermands discipline committee’s recommended three-day suspension
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy and outspoken critic of Sheriff Gregory Tony who was reassigned twice for controversial posts on social media was fired Thursday. -
With tens of millions of dollars at stake, a Broward jury assigns blame for 2019 Fort Lauderdale water leak
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A jury Monday held a Wellington company liable for potentially millions of dollars in damages suffered by thousands of Broward businesses forced to shut down two years ago after workers cracked open a Fort Lauderdale water main. -
BSO contract cities meet to discuss grievances, but Sheriff Tony is a no-show
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony was a no-show Wednesday for a meeting of Broward mayors and other representatives of more than a dozen municipalities that contract, or are considering contracting, with BSO for expensive police and/or fire rescue services. -
Broward cities that pay sheriff for police/fire services consider heading for the exits amid unrest over costs, control
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A rebellion is brewing among the 13 cities that pay tens of millions of dollars to the Broward Sheriff’s Office every year for police and fire services. -
Bondi’s office ducks questions about Waste Management deal as Broward recycling contracts expire
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office is ducking questions about why she never alerted Broward cities and consumers about pricing and other protections secured for them in 2015 in exchange for not opposing Waste Management’s $525-million acquisition of Southern Waste Systems and Sun Recycling. -
Republican Party recycled Waste Management contributions to Bondi before antitrust deal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In December 2015, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office cut a secret antitrust deal with Waste Management that allowed it to complete its big money acquisition of Southern Waste Systems and Sun Recycling, including Sun’s Broward recycling facilities. In the six years before, as Bondi campaigned for election and re-election, Waste Management contributed more than $150,000 to the Republican Party of Florida, Gov. Rick Scott and Bondi.
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