Broward Bulldog
Founded 2009
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
33307
United States of America
Member Headlines
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Broward may finally get the lead out at Markham Park; environmental clean up nears at gun range
By Tom Lassiter and Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org After years of delay, Broward officials are finally poised to tackle the hazard posed by hundreds of tons of lead that’s been accumulating at the Markham Park Target Range since it opened in the 1980s. The gunfire has continued there at a fast and furious pace as the county dithered about what to do. But on May 22, the County Commission...
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New GOP super PAC aimed at attracting youth vote; American Crossroads a major donor
By Rachael Marcus, iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity American Crossroads creators Ed Gillespie, right, and Karl Rove Three Republican groups have formed a super PAC called “Crossroads Generation” and given it $750,000 in seed money in an attempt to attract the youth vote, a population that has traditionally eluded the GOP. Announced Monday, the group was created by the American...
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Audit finds suspicious Medicare billing by thousands of doctors; high charges most common in Florida
By Fred Schulte, The Center for Public Integrity HHS headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matt Bisanz/Wikimedia Commons Thousands of doctors across the country are billing Medicare for routine medical care at rates far above their peers, potentially costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in overcharges, according to a new government report. The audit released Wednesday by the U.S....
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Hallandale’s generous loans to private surgery center raise more questions about city program
By William Gjebre, BrowardBulldog.org Hallandale Outpatient Surgical Center, from its web site The owner of a private, for profit surgical center received two $100,000 taxpayer-backed business loans from Hallandale Beach after city officials changed guidelines that previously had allowed for only one such loan. City records show the Hallandale Outpatient Surgical Center, 306 E. Hallandale Beach...
