Category: Issues
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Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava’s PAC got $100K from Li’l Abner developer, she helped him secure $9 million in affordable housing funding
By Dan Christensen and Cassidy Winegarden
FloridaBulldog.org
A political action committee that fundraises for Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took $100,000 from companies run by the controversial developer of Sweetwater’s now empty Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park. Her PAC accepted the money as she helped the developer obtain $9 million in government funding for his affordable housing project Abner III during her 2024 bid for re-election. -
Billions at stake as Port Everglades dredging project puts fragile reef system at risk
By Kailey Aiken
FloridaBulldog.org
Coral reefs across the east coast of Florida, once teeming with sea life and bursts of color, have become a shadow of what they once were, deteriorated into barren, monochrome plains. The causes are many, scientists say. -
Huge, $4.6 billion ‘Flagler Center’ to rise on former site of Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park
By Cassidy Winegarden
FloridaBulldog.org
Sweetwater is the next Florida city to get a major master-planned development. “Flagler Center” will rise on more than 100 acres previously occupied by the defunct Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park. The $4.6 billion dollar project will be one of the largest redevelopment sites in Miami-Dade County. -
U.S. Reps. Gimenez, Diaz-Balart snag millions in HUD earmarks for Li’l Abner affordable housing developer, get huge contributions to their PACs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The heart-wrenching ousters and evictions of about 3,000 vulnerable working class and elderly residents of Sweetwater’s Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park played out for months late last year in newspapers and on television screens across South Florida. -
Miami Beach Police sergeant made millions, violated conflict of interest rules providing private security to city’s bars, nightclubs
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For more than a decade, Miami Beach Police Sgt. Luis Corps quietly built a multimillion-dollar private security empire on the same streets he was sworn to police, flouting conflict of interest laws and misleading his superiors about who his private clients were and how much he was making on the side. -
Hollywood Mayor Levy fails to convince Broward land-use panel to put unpopular condo on public beach
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Caught between a contract and fierce opposition to erecting a luxury condo tower on a public beach, Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy tried to score a decisive victory for the name-brand developer, Jorge Perez’s Related Group.
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