Category: Florida
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Major contributor to Gov. Scott is silent partner in Bob Butterworth’s $44.8 million deal with DCF
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Another political insider – this time a major contributor to Gov. Rick Scott – has cropped up in a $44.8 million-a-year government-business deal to manage mental health services in Broward County. -
Butterworth skirts state lobbying laws to land $44 million-a-year contract in Broward
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Ex-Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth lobbied heavily this year to convince his former agency to award his nonprofit company – and its for profit partner – a $44 million-a-year state management contract. Butterworth, however, is not registered to lobby. -
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$44 million state contract handed to Butterworth’s group despite lack of rules for public scrutiny
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Florida’s Department of Children and Families awarded a $44 million-a-year contract to privatize the management of mental health services in Broward without required rules in place to promote public scrutiny. -
Florida is ground zero for another partisan debate over who should be allowed to vote
By Dan Christensen
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Bid manipulation alleged at DCF; Butterworth’s ex-agency said to steer him big Broward contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
An appeals court has pulled the rug out from under a bid protest alleging that a $44 million a year state management contract was illegally steered to a nonprofit led by former Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth. The court tossed the case last week without looking at the underlying corruption allegations.
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