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Broward airport boss sought secret deal to drop county’s $34 million claim for delays
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two weeks before Broward County fired off a New Year’s Eve letter to contractor Tutor Perini demanding $34 million in damages for costly airport construction delays, county aviation boss Kent George tried to secretly negotiate a nearly opposite deal with the company. -
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Broward County seeks $34 million in damages for airport construction delays
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The ongoing construction saga at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport hit an unpleasant, unannounced milestone with a New Year’s Eve notice to a major contractor that it owes Broward County more than $34 million in damages for costly delays. -
Donald Trump and the art of the campaign expense
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Donald Trump knows how to make money, even when he’s running for president. Federal records show that Trump’s campaign paid the Republican frontrunner and 10 companies he owns more than $1.64 million for various campaign expenses since the billionaire businessman began his run last spring. -
Rep. Lois Frankel’s endorsement of security guard firm may breach House ethics rules
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Rep. Lois Frankel’s endorsement of a private security guard firm whose owner poured $11,000 into her campaign after her support helped him land a sweet, no-bid government contract appears to have run afoul of House ethics rules prohibiting business endorsements. -
Florida’s coming war on collective bargaining for state employees
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
When Miami state Rep. Carlos Trujillo was interviewed on Spanish language radio station Actualidad 1020 he boldly proclaimed that Republicans will ask voters in 2018 to eliminate collective bargaining for state employees from the Florida Constitution.
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