Category: Business
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Does commissioner’s job at firm that lobbies for Waste Management trash deal pose a conflict?
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Oakland Park Commissioner Anne Sallee was hired last month by a law firm that’s lobbying to resuscitate Waste Management’s proposed $1.5 billion trash deal with Broward’s cities – a deal her city has firmly opposed. -
High-living ex-stockbroker who can no longer shear clients, arrested by FBI for bilking banks
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Two years after federal arbitrators found he had fleeced millions of dollars from clients with whom he once worshipped, disgraced South Florida stockbroker Gary Jay Gross was among 15 defendants charged last week in a large bank fraud scheme. -
Broward cardiologist and GOP fundraiser Zachariah cleared of insider stock trading charges
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
In a stinging rebuke to the government, a federal judge Monday cleared Fort Lauderdale heart doctor and top Republican fundraiser Dr. Zachariah P. Zachariah of civil insider stock trading charges. -
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Weston Mayor Eric Hersh fined, flipped as informant by Florida securities regulators
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
As a member of the county’s Resource Recovery Board, Weston Mayor Eric Hersh was the chief negotiator and driving force behind Broward’s controversial $1.5 billion garbage deal. But Hersh has another, less well known public position. -
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Wall Street quietly creates a way to profit from homeowner distress
By Fred Schulte
Huffington Post Investigative Fund
When Florida retiree Gladys Walker fell behind in paying taxes on her modest Pompano Beach home, she had no idea one of America’s biggest banks and a major Wall Street hedge fund engaged in frenzied bidding for the right to collect her debt—all $768.25 of it. -
Broward County balks at extending Waste Management’s $1.5 billion no-bid trash contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Unhappy that a sweeping ten-year, $1.5 billion trash deal was negotiated without competitive bidding, Broward commissioners on Tuesday refused to approve the pact until they can justify how much residents and businesses will be charged.
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