Category: Florida
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Lobbyists, lawmakers hit jackpot as Mardi Gras Casino pays out big to shed greyhound racing
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The owner of Hallandale Beach’s Mardis Gras Gaming has paid a squad of lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to sew up passage of a bill that would let it shed its moribund dog-racing business, but keep its lucrative slot machines and poker games. -
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Loophole in law lets lobbyists dodge disclosure at South Florida Water Management District
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The South Florida Water District uses a loophole in state law to avoid requiring lobbyists to register and disclose who hired them, which officials they seek to influence and how much they are being paid. -
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Cleared lawyer says regulators who failed to stop Madoff, Stanford sank his watchdog appointment
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
St. Petersburg securities lawyer Kevin Carreno says he was targeted to prevent his appointment as Florida’s top financial watchdog because he threatened to expose regulators for failing to uncover the multi-billion dollar Ponzi schemes of Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford. -
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The national debate over public workers to be played out in Florida as Legislature convenes
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Florida has a long history of battles for collective bargaining rights for public employees going back to the late sixties and early seventies, some gained after workers – particularly in South Florida — staged work stoppages and strikes. When the 2011 state legislative session opens Tuesday, a new chapter opens and Florida public employees face their greatest challenge in decades. -
A proposed law for Florida seeks merit pay for teachers; major school districts nervous
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Officials of teachers’ unions in Broward and Miami-Dade are wary of a newly filed bill that establishes teachers pay based on performance and places limitations on tenure. -
House sponsor quickly withdraws “nuclear bomb” of Florida pension reform
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Hammered with “thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls” from angry police officers across the state, a rookie legislator Thursday withdrew his week-old bill seeking to overhaul Florida’s public retirement plans.
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