Category: Issues
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Amid misconduct inquiry, NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer says she’s not a lobbyist
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When is a registered lobbyist not a lobbyist? If powerful NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer gets her way, it’s when she says so. -
First guilty pleas in Port Everglades’ ongoing spending scandal
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The first two guilty pleas in the continuing probe into out-of-control P-Card spending by Port Everglades employees were entered Wednesday in federal court in Miami – with more pleas and arrests expected to follow. -
Broward animal shelter boss ousts volunteers alleging mistreatment
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Lauralei Combs, the $121,540-a-year director of Broward County’s animal shelter, has terminated three longtime volunteers who she claims violated a workplace culture agreement requiring them to show mutual respect to her employees. The volunteers had posted videos of allegedly mistreated canines. -
The Waste Management story: Big money political donations and regulators who sit on their hands
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Eight months ago a Broward judge determined that it is more likely than not that Waste Management committed a crime or fraud in connection with its attempts to influence federal and state antitrust regulators. What have those authorities done about it? Nothing, apparently. -
LNG ‘freedom molecules’ coming soon to railroad tracks around the country
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
President Donald Trump plans to open up the transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) around the United States in railroad tanks that can hold 30,680 gallons of the extremely flammable fuel, with as many as 100 tank cars per train. And so far, an environmental assessment by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has given the plan a green light with no additional safety requirements. -
Appeal court denies Waste Management’s bid to hide antitrust records
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The public may soon get fresh insight into why federal and state antitrust authorities allowed Waste Management’s $525-million acquisition of a rival – a controversial 2016 deal that eliminated recycling competition and hiked the cost of trash disposal across much of Broward.
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