Category: Environment
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South Florida water district to re-think policies that skirt state law on influence-peddling
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
South Florida Water Management District will reconsider its policies on influence-peddling after news reports about how it does not follow state laws on insider dealing and requiring lobbyists to register. -
Water District’s watered-down rules let ex-chairman-turned-lobbyist dodge conflict law
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
When it comes to lobbying, the rules are different at the South Florida Water Management District. A loophole written into the Water District rules has opened a revolving door of influence that at least one former governing board member-turned-lobbyist has used to sidestep state conflict of interest rules. -
Water district loses $1.5 million on Hollywood company’s failed pumps; now buying $2 million more
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The cash-strapped South Florida Water Management District spent $1.5 million in 2006 to buy 15 large electric pumps from a politically connected Hollywood company. But the Morrison Pump Company’s pumps quickly failed. -
Conflicting interests and questions about a Florida Supreme Court justice’s vote
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org -
It’s Forrest Gump vs. BP as Fort Lauderdale law firm looks to clean up on giant gulf spill
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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