Category: Pompano Beach
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Broward commission OK’s Monarch Hill dump to rise higher than Statue of Liberty
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a split 5-3 vote, the Broward County Commission Tuesday approved Waste Management’s request to increase the allowable height of its already mountainous Monarch Hill dump astride Florida’s Turnpike another 10 stories. -
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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. -
Broward Sheriff “Dr.” Tony’s attacks lead to a lesson in reality of governance
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In the halls of BSO headquarters, Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony is accustomed to hearing “Yes, sir!” from his overly fawning command staff. So it didn’t go over well when Broward commissioners recently told Tony no, that his proposal for a 48 percent budget hike – to more than $1 billion – was unworkable. -
Waste Management wants deal with Broward to allow Monarch Hill dump to rise as much as another ten stories
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After Waste Management’s four-year push toward a significant expansion of its Monarch Hill dump was yanked from the Broward Commission’s Tuesday agenda, the immediate question was why? The answer now appears to be that the $20-billion, Houston-based garbage disposal company is looking to make a deal. -
Florida ‘ethics’ watchdog digs up loophole, gives Broward’s Lamar Fisher a pass for $565K profit on land sales to agency he once led
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The state’s ethics enforcer looked into a complaint about Broward County Commissioner Lamar Fisher’s personally lucrative land deals with Pompano Beach, where he was a growth-loving mayor, and found nothing wrong. Complaint dismissed…
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