Category: Broward County
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Pension fund says FL Panthers owner Viola used control of Virtu to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars away from public investors
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team, Vincent Viola, is at the center of a Delaware lawsuit that alleges he’s used his control of a large publicly traded financial services company to improperly divert hundreds of millions of dollars to himself, his family and his cronies. -
Study shows more homeless deaths in Broward than Miami-Dade as rates spike in both counties
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Numbers show that homelessness, which shortens lives everywhere, is twice as lethal in Broward as in Miami-Dade. -
Despite state law, bail reform comes to Broward in bid to end unjust treatment of poor, minorities
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a move that on its face is at odds with Florida law, Broward’s chief judge ordered an end to the assessment of cash bail for most defendants charged with non-violent, third-degree felonies or misdemeanors before their first appearance in court. -
If ‘experience matters,’ foreclosure Judge Gundersen may lose her race on Aug. 23
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward foreclosure Judge Andrea Gundersen is running for reelection with the motto “experience matters.” Primary voters just have to figure out if her experience is good or bad. -
We’re at the ‘epicenter’ of the nation’s housing crisis, but Broward’s housing leaders are missing in action
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
What if there was a crisis in Broward County and the leaders responsible for helping to solve it didn’t bother to show up? We just found out. -
Audit, emotional testimony air failures of Broward County office that probes sexual harassment, discrimination and other wrongdoing
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward County office that investigates whistleblower, discrimination, sexual harassment, and other complaints of alleged wrongdoing is a mess, the county’s independent auditor has found.
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