Category: Issues
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Broward trash disposal board eyes new no-bid deal with long-time partner Wheelabrator
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
The bruising battle over which firm can tap into Broward County’s multi-million dollar waste stream is back to where it started: With a no bid deal. -
State ethics board finds it likely that ex-Broward Health commissioner broke law; does nothing
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Florida ethics commission has found probable cause to believe that Fort Lauderdale consultant Joseph Cobo had business conflicts that “interfered with his public duties” as a North Broward Hospital District commissioner. -
Miramar deal could break Waste Management’s countywide grip on trash disposal
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Waste Management’s three-decade virtual monopoly on trash disposal in Broward appears to be nearing an end after a competing syndicate’s “best and final offer” for the job was ranked higher by a Miramar bid committee. -
Red light camera settlement means windfall for Hallandale Beach
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Thousands of drivers ticketed under Hallandale Beach’s controversial red light camera program are eligible to receive small refunds as part of a lawsuit settlement that lets the city keep most of the $1.2 million in disputed fines it collected. -
Five ex-Deerfield Beach commissioners cleared of wrongdoing about free festival tickets
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
UPDATE: Dec. 16 – Five current and former Deerfield Beach commissioners have been cleared of accusations that they broke state conflict of interest and gift disclosure laws. -
Upcoming decision on controversial southwest landfill tied to trash bills for the rest of Broward
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
The smelly, greasy castaways stuffed in containers and put on the curb for collection is garbage to most of us. But to a handful of businesses it is gold.
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