Category: miami
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‘Zombie’ foreclosures and mutating mortgage lenders plague Floridians in epilogue of 2000s subprime scandal
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Karina Lopez belongs to a club nobody wants to join: foreclosure defendants who once thought their mortgage problems were over. They most definitely are not. -
Related Group tied to $100K that went to PAC backing Hollywood Mayor who backed its project
By Dan Christensen and Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In the three weeks before Josh Levy’s re-election as mayor of Hollywood, a political action committee backing him accepted $100,000 in contributions from corporations tied to a Miami developer looking to build a controversial 30-story, luxury beachfront condo tower on public land. -
FEC finds U.S. Rep. Salazar’s ex- campaign treasurer ‘reckless,’ caused $2.1 million in errors and violations
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Nancy Marks did an unbelievable job raising funds while serving as treasurer of three political committees for Miami Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar during her 2022 re-election campaign. Truly unbelievable. -
A Miami police informant, a prophetic racist and lingering questions about JFK’s death
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Bulldog first published this story in November 2013 in advance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Today, on the 60th anniversary, questions about Kennedy’s death are once again in the news… -
Miami Commish Alex Diaz de la Portilla facing corruption charges while his district staff skate on campaign violations
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Even as Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla was put in handcuffs Thursday for bribery and other charges, members of his city staff were the focus of a separate investigation that found they were part of a scheme in which they did paid campaign work for Diaz de la Portilla’s brother while on the taxpayer’s dime. -
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Thanks to Miami commission pals, troubled Alex Diaz de la Portilla takes control again of $66-million Omni CRA
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami City Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla seems like an unlikely candidate to provide ethical, professional stewardship of a semi-autonomous agency with a $66-million annual budget. Since assuming office nearly three years ago, Diaz de la Portilla allegedly abused his elected position by meddling in police personnel and enforcement matters; is evading payment of a nearly $630,000 court judgment against him; and pals around with convicted felons who committed fraud, including a woman who currently works in his city commission office and a disgraced former city commissioner.
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