Category: Florida
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Miami-Dade was oblivious to FDA warning when it signed giant COVID testing contract with Curative
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
When the administration of Miami Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava signed a multimillion dollar no-bid contract with a COVID-19 testing company in late January, the mayor’s spokeswoman says nobody there knew about a well-publicized FDA alert issued weeks earlier warning of the risk of false negative results with the company’s tests. -
‘Probable cause’ found that Broward Comm’r Tim Ryan failed to disclose more than $1 million in income from cities his law firm represents
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Commission on Ethics found “probable cause” last month to believe that Broward County Commissioner Tim Ryan filed inaccurate financial disclose forms from 2015-2017, but dropped the case after choosing to take no further action. -
FBI investigating Broward Sheriff Tony for suspected bid rigging, kickbacks in bleeding control kits deal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The FBI is investigating Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony for suspected bid rigging, fraud and kickbacks stemming from BSO’s 2019 purchase of hundreds of bleeding control stations from a South Carolina company where Tony worked before becoming sheriff. -
Judges sic ethics hounds on ‘Grim Reaper’ lawyer who trolled DeSantis’s open-beaches policy amid pandemic
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A story that began with a lawyer dressed as the Grim Reaper roaming Florida beaches has developed into something really weird and threatening. -
Court fight over fate of digital ballot images looks to 2022 Florida election
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A lawsuit aimed at making Florida voting more secure and transparent took a breather for last year’s elections but is active again – in time to figure into the 2022 Senate and governor races, activists hope. -
NSU dental college hit with disturbing allegations that ‘large portion’ of clinical faculty aren’t properly licensed
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal whistleblower’s complaint, withdrawn recently after the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to intervene in the case, nonetheless contains disturbing allegations of massive fraud by Nova Southeastern University and its College of Dental Medicine.
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