Category: Business
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SFWMD colleagues award $9 million to Commissioner Ron Bergeron’s construction firm
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Commissioner Ron Bergeron had a rewarding experience at this month’s Zoom meeting of the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District. His colleagues voted unanimously to award his company another $9 million to complete construction of a storm water treatment project in Martin County. -
Broward judge won’t block Florida Panthers 50-year lease at Holiday Park
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward judge Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge that sought to block Fort Lauderdale’s controversial deal with the owners of the Florida Panthers, giving them control of a chunk of Holiday Park, including War Memorial Auditorium, for 50 years. -
Broward commissioner cashed in on land sales to Pompano CRA he recently led
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward County Commissioner Lamar Fisher and his partners reaped a $565,000 profit when they sold land to the Pompano Beach urban renewal agency that Fisher chaired for 11 years. -
Sheriff Tony gave raises, promotions to BSO employees who moonlight for wife’s firm
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Since taking office 16 months ago, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has promoted and/or given tidy raises to five BSO employees who moonlight for Blue Spear Solutions, the company founded by Tony and now run by his wife. -
BSO spent big on bleed control kits from sheriff’s ex-company, then his PAC got $5,000 contribution from kit vendor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has paid out as much as $750,000 to buy bleeding control kits from a South Carolina company that Sheriff Gregory Tony did business with before he became sheriff, and where he worked as an executive for more than a year. -
Miramar asks governor for temporary halt to blasting during COVID-19 pandemic
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Miramar City Commission has asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to order a temporary stop to rock mine blasting during the state of emergency called for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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