Tag: Lamar Fisher
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Broward County poised to move to retake control of fire rescue services from BSO
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
It’s beginning to look like the Broward County Commission has had enough of controversial Sheriff Gregory Tony and it’s taking active steps aimed at dismantling large chunks of his Broward Sheriff’s Office. -
Hollywood Mayor Levy fails to convince Broward land-use panel to put unpopular condo on public beach
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Caught between a contract and fierce opposition to erecting a luxury condo tower on a public beach, Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy tried to score a decisive victory for the name-brand developer, Jorge Perez’s Related Group. -
Gone in 41 seconds: Tough gift restrictions on Broward’s elected officials
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Forty-one seconds. That’s all it took for the Broward County Commission to gleefully enact an ordinance three weeks ago disposing of tough restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by elected officials in the county’s ethics code. -
Waste Management really wants to keep dumping at an expanded Monarch Hill – Broward, Creek poised to go along
By Dan Christensen
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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. -
Broward commission postpones high-profile vote on ’emotional issue’ of mountainous north county dump
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
CLICK THROUGH TO SEE 11 A.M. UPDATE To dump, nor not to dump. That is the question. At 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, giant Waste Management will ask the Broward County Commission to alter the county’s land use designation on the site of a decommissioned waste-to-energy plant on company property that could provide it with 24.2 acres of new dumping ground adjacent to its towering Monarch Hill landfill in North Broward.
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