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By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Before he built Fort Lauderdale-based Grant Communications, the late Milt Grant hosted a popular 1950s television show for teenagers with guests like Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Harry Belafonte. Today, his heirs are fighting in Broward Circuit Court over a fortune worth

Despite “No Involvement” pledge, Butterworth got the kind of private deal he backed as DCF boss

November 27, 2012 6:31 am

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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

Broward IG says Hallandale made “immense” gaffe in overseeing $12.7 million in city bonds

November 20, 2012 6:20 am

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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

November 15, 2012 5:56 am

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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.

Prosecution, defense team up to convince a skeptical judge to release inmate

November 6, 2012 6:17 am

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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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Fight over the huge estate of a 1950s rock ‘n’ roll dance party host twists through Broward court

Despite “No Involvement” pledge, Butterworth got the kind of private deal he backed as DCF boss

Broward IG says Hallandale made “immense” gaffe in overseeing $12.7 million in city bonds

Hallandale Beach made hush-hush settlement with a top manager over lucrative pension plan

Prosecution, defense team up to convince a skeptical judge to release inmate

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