Category: Miami-Dade County
-
/
8961 SEEN/
A plan takes shape to fix Miami-Dade’s CRAs
By William Gjebre
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami-Dade commissioners would take greater control of community redevelopment agencies under a proposal that would tighten oversight and reduce funding, yet also require many CRAs to set aside dollars for much-needed affordable housing they have yet to provide. -
New whistleblowers sue Plaza Health Network saying insiders milked nursing home chain
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For the second time in four years, Miami Beach builder Russell Galbut and a nursing-home chain his family cofounded have been accused of illegal misconduct by a whistleblowing former executive. -
Broward Health rattled by corruption probes, may seek a new way to govern itself
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
FloridaBulldog.org
“What a colossal mess!” That’s the opening salvo from the Miami-Dade County Grand Jury’s August 2010 report on ailing Jackson Memorial Hospital. The same could be said today of Broward Health. -
/
12910 SEEN/
The troubled road to redeveloping Miami’s Liberty Square
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Since a Miami-Dade County selection committee ranked its $287-million proposal first among six firms last October, Atlantic Pacific Communities appeared to have the inside track at redeveloping Liberty Square – Miami-Dade’s oldest public-housing project. Now allegations of malfeasance surrounding Atlantic Pacific in an unrelated matter could derail the company’s chances. -
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. -
/
11904 SEEN/
Trump, Gimenez let off easy after breaking lobbying laws, critics say
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Donald Trump’s efforts to take over management of a public golf course is at the center of a recently concluded Miami-Dade ethics commission probe that has come under fire for not admonishing the billionaire developer and county Mayor Carlos Gimenez for breaking local lobbying laws.
Support Florida Bulldog
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.