MiamiHerald.com: 1990s

Bill would require transparency in charter school management

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:56 EST

The measure, submitted by state Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, would require the schools to be transparent about who manages them and how much they are paid.

Dade judge enjoys lavish lifestyle

Sun, 04 Mar 1990 20:09 EST

A lengthy Miami Herald investigation reveals that Dade Circuit Judge John Galardi Gale -- a judge since 1972, head of the bustling civil division since 1977 -- has doled out lucrative court appointments to friends, issued favorable rulings to select attorneys and declined to remove himself when his impartiality could be questioned. He enjoys a life style well beyond his public salary.

Florida lawmakers generous to a fault

Sun, 09 Dec 1990 15:02 EST

The Florida Legislature gave away more than $100 million this past year -- public giveaways with little oversight and virtually no accountability for how the money was spent.

Agency executives wrote checks to themselves

Sun, 14 Apr 1991 19:24 EDT

At a time when Miami's oldest inner-city social service agency could not make its payroll, two top executives cashed more than $100,000 in agency checks they wrote to themselves.

Lawyers tap into public piggy bank

Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:19 EDT

A group of private lawyers has run up six-figure incomes by repeatedly billing Dade County taxpayers for hours they did not work. Many times, the attorneys billed for more than 24 hours of legal work in a single day.

BSO sting put public in danger

Sun, 07 Jun 1992 18:14 EDT

The robberies were part of a terrifying crime wave in Broward County two years ago -- and most of it was monitored and financed by a squad of sheriff's deputies secretly operating outside the department's theft and robbery units.

Abused adults: Silent casualties

Fri, 27 Nov 1992 11:54 EST

Essie Weaver, dead from bedsores and infection, lived the last of her 83 years mostly in a wheelchair in a vermin-infested crack den where authorities believed she was raped.

How a politically connected farmer overcharged Dade government for thousands of oversized palms

Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:05 EDT

A prominent South Dade farmer, paid millions by Metro to landscape county roadways, charged taxpayers for towering royal palms while planting shorter, cheaper trees, a survey by The Herald shows.

Police cheating on overtime costs us millions

Sun, 13 Jul 1997 14:20 EDT

Cops call it "Collars for Dollars." It's how they turn arrests on the streets into money in their pockets. Until now, it has been a courthouse secret.

Insiders profit, travelers suffer

Sun, 17 Oct 1999 15:27 EDT

Miami's tourism industry is threatened by politicians who run the airport for the benefit of cronies - not millions of passengers. Miami International Airport, rated among America's worst for passengers, is being used by Miami-Dade politicians as a billion-dollar piggy bank to enrich their friends and campaign contributors.

Murder in the temple of love?

Sat, 06 Jan 1996 15:25 EST

The Miami Herald profiled a local cult leader, his followers and their links to several area murders.

$10 buys one vote

Sun, 11 Jan 1998 14:03 EST

The Miami Herald revealed voter fraud in a city mayoral election, which was later overturned.