Tag: Beam Furr
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Broward commission OK’s Monarch Hill dump to rise higher than Statue of Liberty
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a split 5-3 vote, the Broward County Commission Tuesday approved Waste Management’s request to increase the allowable height of its already mountainous Monarch Hill dump astride Florida’s Turnpike another 10 stories. -
Hollywood residents fear developers, city won’t stop at one 30-story tower on public beach
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Will a developer with a $50 billion portfolio put a 30-story condo tower on public oceanfront land in Hollywood? Will even more construction on the beach, one of the city’s greatest assets, turn it into an overbuilt Fort Lauderdale South? -
Waste Management really wants to keep dumping at an expanded Monarch Hill – Broward, Creek poised to go along
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org -
Waste Management wants deal with Broward to allow Monarch Hill dump to rise as much as another ten stories
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After Waste Management’s four-year push toward a significant expansion of its Monarch Hill dump was yanked from the Broward Commission’s Tuesday agenda, the immediate question was why? The answer now appears to be that the $20-billion, Houston-based garbage disposal company is looking to make a deal. -
Florida’s befuddling new voting laws all but guarantee widespread chaos in next year’s elections
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Floridians of every political persuasion who want to vote or help get out the vote in the 2024 elections must navigate a bog of confounding and scary new rules, courtesy of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration. -
Fearing catastrophe, national nonprofit asks Broward to ban LNG shipments at Port Everglades
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Reacting to a significant increase in the transport of highly volatile liquified natural gas (LNG) through Broward to Port Everglades for export, a nationwide nonprofit watchdog has asked the county commission to close the port to all future LNG shipments.
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