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A year after teen’s death prosecutors can’t decide whether fired Broward deputy should be charged
By Wanda J. DeMarzo
BrowardBulldog.org
Purple flowers encircle two utility poles top to bottom on Dixie Highway in Oakland Park. Balloons, votive candles and teddy bears sit sentry — a memorial for 14-year-old Cara Dyan Catlin. She died at the intersection Jan. 23, 2010, a passenger in a car struck by a Broward Sheriff’s Office patrol cruiser speeding to a traffic stop. One year later prosecutors have yet to decide if the former deputy should be charged with a crime. -
A proposed law for Florida seeks merit pay for teachers; major school districts nervous
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Officials of teachers’ unions in Broward and Miami-Dade are wary of a newly filed bill that establishes teachers pay based on performance and places limitations on tenure. -
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Hospital commissioner dodges a legal bullet but still faces ethics investigation
By Thomas Francis
BrowardBulldog.org
The Broward State Attorney’s Office will not file criminal charges against Joseph Cobo, a powerful hospital commissioner accused of exploiting his public position for private gain. But prosecutors who investigated those allegations found reason to alert the state’s ethics enforcement board. -
House sponsor quickly withdraws “nuclear bomb” of Florida pension reform
By William Gjebre and Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Hammered with “thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls” from angry police officers across the state, a rookie legislator Thursday withdrew his week-old bill seeking to overhaul Florida’s public retirement plans. -
Proposed overhaul of Florida’s public retirement plans would limit benefits, end popular DROP program
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
With the state facing a mounting financial crisis, a new bill has been proposed that would slash retirement benefits for state and local government employees.
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