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Judge grants Cruz defense team right to film at crime scene as prosecutor Satz’s death penalty record becomes an issue
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Over prosecutors’ objections, Nikolas Cruz’s defense got the go-ahead Friday for a professional production company to film the “preserved” crime scene at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland where Cruz admits he shot and killed 17 students and faculty and wounded 17 others more than three years ago. -
New Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book has conflict of interest as Republicans quietly shower taxpayer millions on her charity
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Lauren Book, the newly anointed leader of Florida’s Senate Democrats, has a financial conflict of interest that’s raising questions about her loyalties as her beleaguered party prepares for the challenge of redistricting in January. -
First Baptist of Fort Lauderdale splinters over money, power and concerns for church’s real estate riches
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Standing in the pulpit of First Baptist Church’s historic sanctuary, Lead Pastor James Welch praised this “beacon of hope in the heart of Fort Lauderdale.” It was May 2, the first Sunday after the church’s trustees expelled an estimated 200 members. The group, Concerned Members of First Baptist Church, had tried to exert the influence that church bylaws promise congregants, only to be blocked at every turn. -
First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale implodes over challenge to pastor’s iron rule
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale, a venerable downtown religious landmark, is in full-out civil war after a year of sporadic confrontations about financial accountability and transparency. -
‘Probable cause’ found that Broward Comm’r Tim Ryan failed to disclose more than $1 million in income from cities his law firm represents
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Commission on Ethics found “probable cause” last month to believe that Broward County Commissioner Tim Ryan filed inaccurate financial disclose forms from 2015-2017, but dropped the case after choosing to take no further action. -
NSU to pay $5.5 million to settle class-action suit over unsterile dental tools used on hundreds of patients, mostly children
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nova Southeastern University will pay $5.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that arose after NSU disclosed that student dentists training in orthodontics failed to properly sterilize equipment used on patients, according to a Broward judge’s final order.
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