Category: Politics
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N.Y. figured out NRA’s dishonesty, but Florida Senate, ethics commission bootlicked NRA’s Hammer
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Corruption. The dictionary defines it as “dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by powerful people.” How else to explain the failures of both the Florida Senate and the Florida ethics commission to hold powerful National Rifle Association lobbyist and board member Marion Hammer accountable for not disclosing more than $1.7 million in arguably illegal payments she received from the NRA between 2007 and 2018? -
New El Portal mayor’s messy divorce and questions about his qualifying paperwork threaten term
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
El Portal’s newly elected mayor Omarr Nickerson won his race handily after none of the small village’s 2,400 residents ran against him. But his term could be short-lived amid accusations by El Portal officials that Nickerson submitted false, incomplete and inaccurate information in his qualifying paperwork. -
Lawsuit says Broward Sheriff Tony is likely a convicted felon and if so can’t hold office
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Republican candidate for Broward sheriff and three others filed suit Friday contending that incumbent Sheriff Gregory Tony, a Democrat, is a convicted felon and if so is disqualified from holding office under the Florida Constitution. -
‘The scandal is what is legal’: How the very rich spend as much as they want to control our politicians
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his 1926 short story The Rich Boy, famously wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today’s very rich Republicans and Democrats exploit their difference to spend as much as they want to control the nation’s politicians. -
The sheriff and the school board member: how Tony and Alhadeff scratched each other’s backs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward School Board Member Lori Alhadeff has raised thousands of dollars for Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s election campaign, and a nonprofit she leads purchased thousands of dollars in bleeding control kits sold by a company Tony founded. Now, the sheriff’s Law Enforcement Trust Fund has awarded Alhadeff’s nonprofit a grant of $8,000. -
In Broward State Attorney race, Murphy collects big money from company tied to Pyramid, Ponzi schemes
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For the first time in nearly two generations, Broward voters have the opportunity to elect a state attorney in November whose name won’t be Mike Satz.
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