Category: Issues
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Horrific police frame-ups that Broward State Attorney Michael Satz won’t investigate
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week’s manslaughter indictment of Broward deputy Peter Peraza for the 2013 killing of Jermaine McBean marks a watershed in the tenure of Broward State Attorney Michael Satz – the first time in 36 years that his office is prosecuting a police officer in a fatal police shooting. The indictment also serves as a reminder of unresolved injustices at the hands of other Broward police officers. -
Unrestrained: Profit and abuse at Florida group homes for the profoundly disabled
By Heather Vogell
ProPublica/small>
Three years ago, it looked like the Florida agency that oversees care for children and adults with profound disabilities had finally had enough of the Carlton Palms Educational Center. Not exactly. -
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Lawmakers protect title loan firms while borrowers pay sky-high interest rates
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
It’s legal in about half the states to pledge a car title as collateral for short-term loans of a few hundred dollars or more. Many of these states allow lenders to tack on interest that can top 300 percent, and to seize and sell off cars when borrowers fail to pay. -
Broward auditors find $24.5 million runway project overrun
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A secret Broward County Auditor’s report has found a $24.5 million cost overrun in the construction of the new south runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. -
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Critics fault new highway law for concessions to trucking industry
By Brian Joseph
FairWarning
A $305 billion highway bill approved by Congress and signed by President Obama last week includes several provisions aggressively sought by the trucking industry that, critics say, will undermine traffic safety. -
Back to the future: Bill would bring back disgraced office of Miami-Dade Sheriff
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A bill that would resurrect the office of Sheriff of Miami-Dade County, a post abolished by voters 49 years ago in the wake of scandal, is winding its way through the Florida House.
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