Category: City of Miami
-
A developer’s ‘monster’ comes to Miami’s tree-lined Silver Bluff Estates
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Maureen McCarthy’s days of quietly relaxing in her lush backyard’s pool and Jacuzzi are numbered. Thanks to Miami 21, the 12-year-old rewrite of the city’s zoning code, the Miami Dade College professor now has to live with a four-story apartment building full of tenants hovering over her two-bedroom house… -
/
9105 SEEN/
Dire need for COVID-19 shots adds urgency to Miami homeless advocates’ refrain
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Civil rights lawyers and activists are agitating for Miami police to stop disrupting homeless people by emptying their camps. It’s the same old song, but with a different meaning in a pandemic. -
/
11555 SEEN/
Lawsuit by former Miami SVU detective targets Chief Colina, controversial police captain
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami Police Capt. Javier Ortiz railroaded a former special victims unit detective by misleading her into believing she was about to be arrested for corruption, according to a recently filed federal lawsuit. -
As Hardemon runs for Miami-Dade commission, city constituent in need says he got the brush off
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami City Commissioner Keon Hardemon helped secure more than $2 million in no-bid grants for nonprofits run by his aunt and uncle, but did little to assist a constituent who asked for help after his home was damaged by fire. -
Amid nationwide racial unrest, renewed interest in Broward’s most horrific miscarriage of justice
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For more than a decade it’s been publicly apparent that Jerry Frank Townsend, a black man, was framed by Broward Sheriff’s Office, Fort Lauderdale and Miami police detectives who coerced him into confessing to nearly two dozen sex murders of African-American women and children that he didn’t do. -
The Hardemon Way: $385,000 in no-bid grants to nonprofits run by Miami commissioner’s aunt, uncle
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami City Commissioner Keon Hardemon has steered no-bid grants totaling $385,000 to nonprofit organizations headed by two family members who work on his political campaigns, and he doesn’t see a problem with it.
Support Florida Bulldog
Florida Bulldog’s year end fundraising season runs now through the end of the year.
Right now your contribution means more than ever. Contributions up to $1,000 will be matched dollar for dollar by NewsMatch a collaborative fundraising movement to support fact-based and nonpartisan journalism in the U.S. In keeping with transparency, we publicly acknowledge all donors on site.
If you believe in the value of watchdog journalism, please make your tax-deductible contribution today.
We are a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Join Our Email List
Florida Bulldog delivers fact-based watchdog reporting as a public service that’s essential to a free and democratic society. We are nonprofit, independent, nonpartisan, experienced. No fake news here.