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• Another Questionable School Board Deal!

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  The Broward School Board is paying 20 percent over the average appraisal for a vacant building whose owner was no longer using it.

  Because the Board wanted to pay more than the appraised value, it required approval by more than a simple majority under state law.  Board members [...]

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• Family Law Lawyer: Veto New Alimony Bill!

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  (Update: Gov. Rick Scott listened to many in the public and vetoed the alimony bill on May 1. This column was posted on April 26.)

   

  BY ANDREA GUNDERSEN

   

  Florida lawmakers have recently sent a bill to Governor Rick Scott that will dramatically alter the state’s alimony law eliminating permanent alimony and unfairly [...]

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• Mayor Ryan: County Finally Fixes 911 System

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  BY MIKE RYAN

   

  I have written previously on the public safety benefits of regionalizing Emergency 911 Communications and Dispatch.

  Recently, this 20-year progression toward consolidation stalled as a plan over who would fund the system was rejected by a majority of the County Commission.  In the meantime, E-911 calls were bouncing around [...]

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• Sunrise’s Sheila Alu, 50: I Have Colon Cancer

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Former Sunrise Commissioner Sheila Alu told a stunned city commission last night that she has colon cancer.

  Alu, 50, resigned her post in December to move to Fort Lauderdale and spend more time with her family.

  Her message: Get colonoscopies.

   

  Sheila Alu

   

  “I plan on fighting this with tremendous dignity and [...]

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• Judicial Campaigns For 2014 Taking Shape

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Next year’s judicial races are slowly getting underway.

  Julie Shapiro-Harris, who lost a close one last year, opened her campaign account for 2014 last week.  She is running for Circuit Court Group 17, now occupied by the retiring Circuit Judge Jeffrey Steitfeld.

  Harris was beaten by Michael Rothschild by 2,930 [...]

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• The Real Story: The Tree And The Development

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

   

  You might have heard how a heartless developer is threatening the life of a rare tree so he can build in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

   

  Asi Cymbal, project developer, next to “The Tree”

   

   

  It’s a compelling story of the type the media loves, pitting good and evil.

  Good, the environmentalists who [...]

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• Corruption Plea Bargain A Good Deal For All

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  State Attorney Mike Satz has finally agreed it was the wrong case against the wrong defendant.

  This case dragged on for so long that I wonder how much it cost us?

  $100,000?  More.

  Satz’s prosecutors Monday finally agreed that their case was going nowhere against former County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin.

  Prosecutors approved [...]

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• Tamarac Recall 100 Signatures From Victory

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

  The attempt to recall Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad, which failed by just 18 signatures to gather enough support in March, is just 100 short of success.

  The recall team hope that they will gather enough new signatures this weekend to put them over the top. They need 1,250 valid [...]

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• School Athletic Directors Hiring Relatives

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Sometimes I feel that the only ones trying to cleanse the ethically challenged Broward Schools is Chief Auditor Patrick Reilly and his staff.

  Although they work for the system, Reilly’s team has been fearless in pointing out waste.

  They’ve done it again!

  This time it’s not a lot of cash. But [...]

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• Accused Of Lying About Where She Lives, Sen. Maria Sachs Once Claimed To Live In An Office

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  BY BUDDY NEVINS

   

  Democratic state Sen. Maria Sachs,  accused of currently not living in her district, also claimed to live in an office that was not  in her district for three years ending in 2011, according  to documents from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections.

  Sachs registered to vote at 212 [...]

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