Category: Business
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Judge lets lawsuit proceed accusing Panthers owner Vinnie Viola of diverting $400M from Virtu investors
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For Florida Panthers owner Vincent “Vinnie” Viola, a billionaire financier with deep ties to Wall Street and South Florida sports, 2026 has brought a whiplash of triumph and trouble. -
Why does Broward want to buy a car lot for millions more than its assessed value?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A company called 2150 NE 7 Ave LLC bought a Dania Beach car lot for $21 million in December and now, four months later, wants to flip about half of it – 4.5 acres – to Broward County for $15.75 million. -
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. -
Lawmakers rubber stamp false report about key transparency law despite $6 billion in missing contracts
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
A legislative committee tasked with being a fiscal watchdog for the state approved a report falsely stating that the requirements of a key financial transparency law have been met despite clear evidence of chronic, widespread violations of the law. -
More than $6 billion in DeSantis ‘emergency’ contracts are missing legally required public documentation
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared that “transparency is no longer optional,” and vowed to expose any government entity misusing taxpayer dollars. But his own administration has been repeatedly violating a state transparency law, awarding companies billions of dollars in “emergency” contracts while failing to publicly post copies of the agreements as the law requires. -
Firms belonging to wife of Rep. Donalds grabbed millions in charter school contracts
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
For years, Erika Donalds has used her perch atop the nonprofit Optima Foundation—not to mention her marriage to U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), now a top contender for governor—to make herself a force in Florida’s charter school movement. But materials filed with Florida’s Auditor General show…
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