Category: Campaign Finance
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Christian Ulvert is Miami-Dade’s leading PAC man, gobbling up campaign cash for local politicos
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Democratic strategist Christian Ulvert has turned a sprawling network of political action committees into one of the most powerful fundraising engines in Miami-Dade politics, collecting roughly $1.6 million since Jan. 1 so far for this year’s primary and general elections. -
GEO Group’s immigration detention windfall follows millions in pro-Trump political spending
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The GEO Group is profiting lavishly in 2026 off the misery of thousands of immigrants who continue to be swept up by the busload into detention centers GEO contracts to run for the Trump administration. -
Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava’s PAC got $100K from Li’l Abner developer, she helped him secure $9 million in affordable housing funding
By Dan Christensen and Cassidy Winegarden
FloridaBulldog.org
A political action committee that fundraises for Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava took $100,000 from companies run by the controversial developer of Sweetwater’s now empty Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park. Her PAC accepted the money as she helped the developer obtain $9 million in government funding for his affordable housing project Abner III during her 2024 bid for re-election. -
Controversial Hollywood beach tower may face another hurdle: litigation
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org -
Lawmakers rubber stamp false report about key transparency law despite $6 billion in missing contracts
By Daniel Ducassi
FloridaBulldog.org
A legislative committee tasked with being a fiscal watchdog for the state approved a report falsely stating that the requirements of a key financial transparency law have been met despite clear evidence of chronic, widespread violations of the law. -
As Trump opens a new lane of clemency for corporations, Florida’s Cruise America hits the road to Washington
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Much has been written about President Trump’s recent use of his pardon power – often as large sums of money changed hands – to erase the federal criminal convictions of fraudsters, politicians, police officers, thieves and money launderers; yet little public notice has been taken of Trump’s use of his power to pardon corporations.
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