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Despite “No Involvement” pledge, Butterworth got the kind of private deal he backed as DCF boss
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
When Bob Butterworth filed a bid last winter on a $44.8 million-a-year Department of Children and Families private management contract he signed a “Statement of No Involvement.” By signing the statement, the former Florida Attorney General certified that neither he nor anyone else at the non-profit Broward Behavioral Health Coalition was involved in developing the DCF program for the project his company was bidding on. -
Broward IG says Hallandale made “immense” gaffe in overseeing $12.7 million in city bonds
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Initial findings by Broward’s Inspector General of mismanagement at Hallandale Beach City Hall have led officials to revise plans for a $12.7 million bond issue, according to city and county records obtained by BrowardBulldog.org. -
Hallandale Beach made hush-hush settlement with a top manager over lucrative pension plan
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Hallandale Beach taxpayers quietly coughed up nearly $500,000 in 2009 to settle a complaint by a ranking city official that his bosses had failed to include him in a generous management retirement plan for top city leaders. -
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Prosecution, defense team up to convince a skeptical judge to release inmate
By Eric Barton
BrowardBulldog.org
Next month, a federal prosecutor and a defense attorney will stand before a judge in Miami and do something extraordinary. Both sides will present evidence and call witnesses to try to convince the judge to set a man free.
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