Category: Government Contractors
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Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide Grand Jury to investigate “crimes and wrongdoing committed against Floridians related to the COVID-19 vaccine.” But if the 18 grand jurors and the prosecutors who will shepherd them do an actual investigation, the governor’s request should backfire unpleasantly on him and his apparent hopes for higher political office. -
The Florida money connection to Dr. Oz in the high-stakes Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The owners of longtime FP&L affiliate Asplundh Tree Experts Co., whose bright orange bucket trucks can often be seen clearing vegetation and trimming trees in neighborhoods throughout South Florida, are spending big to elect TV showman and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz to the U.S Senate -
Blockbuster civil trial of Bergeron vs Waste Management finally gets underway – six years after case was filed
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two floors below the courtroom where the high-profile sentencing trial of the Parkland school killer got underway Monday, opening arguments were heard in the blockbuster civil trial about the $525-million trash disposal takeover that preceded the widespread decline of recycling in Broward. -
Politics delays final fix for Broward’s 911 emergency radio network
By Noreen Marcus/b>
FloridaBulldog.org
A stalled tower project in a Hollywood park is blocking a fully functional 911 radio system for Broward – nearly four years after the Parkland school massacre created an urgent need for an upgrade. -
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Answers to public questions about Broward trash disposal will have to wait as Bergeron v. Waste Management trial is delayed
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A blockbuster courtroom showdown over a $525-million acquisition made by Waste Management to reestablish its Broward trash disposal monopoly, set to begin this week, has been postponed until next year. -
Pay-to-play lives in FEC decision not to enforce ban on political contributions by Boca prison contractor The GEO Group
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a ruling that undermines an 81-year-old anti-corruption law prohibiting pay-to-play political contributions by federal contractors, an impotent Federal Election Commission last week disclosed that it allowed Boca Raton private prison contractor The GEO Group to get away with making hundreds of thousands of dollars of otherwise illegal contributions to Super PACs.
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