Category: Issues
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Lobbyist Marc Sarnoff brings big PAC money to Miami City Hall in fight over kiosks
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Like many politicians who leave public service, former Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff is parlaying his credentials to lobby on behalf of companies seeking to do business with municipal governments in Miami-Dade. One of those firms is Orange Barrel Media, a Columbus, Ohio-based information kiosk manufacturer… -
Before Brightline became nation’s deadliest railroad, its owners rejected safety fixes
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
The owners of Brightline, the nation’s only privately funded and operated train, have been on notice for years that they weren’t doing enough to prevent fatalities on their tracks. -
As 2020 threatens to be fateful for journalism, a South Florida newspaper folds
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The collapse of local news came to North Broward and South Palm Beach last week with the shuttering of the Observer, a weekly newspaper based in Deerfield Beach since 1962. -
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Florida Commission’s parole supervision can turn on personality, perception
By Deirdra Funcheon
JJIE.org
While most Florida Commission on Offender Review decisions are made during hearings without the inmate present, parolees whose supervision terms are being reviewed sometimes do show up in person. -
Report: Russian oligarch’s companies sent $1 million to counterparts at Pompano’s Kalashnikov USA
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Russian oligarch’s companies reportedly sent $1 million to counterparts at Pompano Beach’s Kalashnikov USA. > -
Florida Commission decides medical release for very sick inmates, but doesn’t meet them
By Deirdra Funcheon
FloridaBulldog.org
Some inmates deemed “terminally ill” or “permanently incapacitated” and not a danger to themselves or others are referred by the Department of Corrections to have their cases heard by the Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR), a three-person panel, and be considered for conditional medical release (CMR).
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