Category: Broward County
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Broward Sheriff Tony to take budget fight to Tallahassee, but BSO’s budget numbers often don’t add up
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Dr. Gregory Tony wants the State of Florida to force Broward County to give him a hefty budget increase. He wants it so badly that he and a team of his top brass are planning to travel to Tallahassee to appeal the county’s partial denial of his unprecedented billion-dollar-plus proposal. -
Gone in 41 seconds: Tough gift restrictions on Broward’s elected officials
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Forty-one seconds. That’s all it took for the Broward County Commission to gleefully enact an ordinance three weeks ago disposing of tough restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by elected officials in the county’s ethics code. -
Related Group’s proposed Hollywood Beach condo tower, once sidelined by residents, returns to center stage
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
When Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy won re-election in November, the oceanside condo-tower development he’d aggressively pushed was mired in red tape and dissent. Now, it’s back. -
Broward Solid Waste Authority’s draft master plan: We’ll need to dump trash at landfill for decades
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward Solid Waste Authority’s long-awaited master plan for the future of garbage disposal and recycling in the county has finally dropped, in draft form. -
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Trump’s dramatic cuts to LIHEAP will make for long, very hot summer for Florida’s low-income households
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
It looks to be a long, very hot summer ahead for needy low-income households in Florida and across the United States. -
Broward’s two hospital districts lobby for bill that would give them sweeping new business powers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly identical bills quietly filed in the Florida House and Senate would grant Broward’s two taxpayer-supported hospital districts sweeping new powers they could use to merge or go into business with any public or private company without fear of violating state or federal antitrust laws.
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