Category: Broward Cities
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It’s Waste Management vs. Team Bergeron as cities seek to lower cost of trash disposal
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The shrinking cost of trash disposal in Broward is shrinking again – and could tumble further if enough cities decide to band together in a new purchasing co-op. -
Oakland Park residents wary as decision looms on location of new veteran’s program
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
A unique proposed treatment program for veterans has run into a firefight in Oakland Park as upset residents fear their neighborhood will be overrun with drunks, drug addicts and mental patients. -
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City votes to pay $1.2 million for ex-U.S. Rep’s property without a plan for what to do with it
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
In a $1.2 million “bitter-sweet” land deal, Hallandale Beach City Commissioners agreed to buy nearly 2 acres owned by former US Congressman Peter Deutsch and his partners to solve a community dispute. -
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Hallandale to vote on $1.2 million Deutsch land deal; purchase would quell charter school foes
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A charter school company run by ex-Congressman Peter Deutsch stands to make a $700,000 profit if Hallandale Beach commissioners accept a staff recommendation Wednesday to buy a 1.9 acre residential site where it once planned to build a controversial 450-student, K-8 school. -
Broward cuts $107 million trash deal; calls start to disband Resource Recovery Board
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Saying it had gotten the best deal it could, Broward’s Resource Recovery Board six months ago urged the county to approve its controversial 10-year, $1.5 billion no-bid trash disposal agreement with giant Waste Management. But Broward County commissioners balked, asking staff instead to negotiate a better deal. -
FDLE and Broward College disagree on who is responsible for controversial police training
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Teaching local police officers how best to do their duty is an important job. But no one seems to know who is responsible for vetting instructors or setting course work standards at Broward College’s Institute of Public Safety.
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