Category: Business
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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. -
Fearing catastrophe, national nonprofit asks Broward to ban LNG shipments at Port Everglades
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Reacting to a significant increase in the transport of highly volatile liquified natural gas (LNG) through Broward to Port Everglades for export, a nationwide nonprofit watchdog has asked the county commission to close the port to all future LNG shipments. -
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. -
Florida ‘ethics’ watchdog digs up loophole, gives Broward’s Lamar Fisher a pass for $565K profit on land sales to agency he once led
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The state’s ethics enforcer looked into a complaint about Broward County Commissioner Lamar Fisher’s personally lucrative land deals with Pompano Beach, where he was a growth-loving mayor, and found nothing wrong. Complaint dismissed… -
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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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