Category: Broward Cities
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Broward’s city managers use secrecy in push for huge trash deal; public excluded from meetings
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward’s top city and county managers regularly meet in secret to discuss public business, formulate policy and even negotiate contracts. -
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. -
Oakland Park mayor asks for investigation into officials crafting no-bid, billion-dollar trash deal
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Inspector General’s Office has been asked to investigate whether members of the county’s Resource Recovery Board have violated Broward’s tough new ethics code. Oakland Park Mayor Suzanne Boisvenue, who quit the board in December, made the request late last month in an email obtained by Broward Bulldog. -
Broward’s main trash hauler under investigation in Palm Beach for cheating on contract
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
The mammoth international waste company fighting to retain its near-monopoly on Broward County’s trash disposal business is under investigation for cheating Palm Beach County out of more than $700,000. -
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. -
Broward trash disposal board eyes new no-bid deal with long-time partner Wheelabrator
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
The bruising battle over which firm can tap into Broward County’s multi-million dollar waste stream is back to where it started: With a no bid deal.
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