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Ronald Book

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Miami-Dade Paying $340,000 To Lobbying Firms Tied To Marlins Debacle, Genting Agenda

    The four firms representing Miami-Dade County before the state legislature are mired in potential conflicts of interests and ongoing controversies. Yesterday, county commissioners awarded $120,000 each to law firms Ronald L. Book P.A. and Rutledge, Ecenia & Purnell, as well as $50,000 each for A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Carlo Gimenez and Akerman Senterfitt Are Looking Out For Each Other

    Carlos Gimenez gives $60,000 contract to law firm that raised $30,000 for him. ​A local law firm that raised at least $30,000 in campaign funds for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is seeing its investment pay off. On Monday, the county commission approved Gimenez's request to split Miami-Dade's st ... More >>

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    October 13, 2011

    Miami-Dade's red-light-camera bad boys Larry Hawkins and Hector Ortiz

    Carlos Gimenez gives $60,000 contract to law firm that raised $30,000 for him. ​A local law firm that raised at least $30,000 in campaign funds for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is seeing its investment pay off. On Monday, the county commission approved Gimenez's request to split Miami-Dade's st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Red-Light Cameras Line the Pockets of Very Bad Boys

    A disgraced former Miami-Dade County commissioner and a Hialeah businessman once banned from getting county contracts are making big bucks off the red-light camera blitzkrieg in South Florida. Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions (ATS), which has installed red-light cameras in 22 cities in Miami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina Leads In Bundled Contributions

    Just call Julio Robaina the Bundle Master.​The race to become the next mayor of Miami-Dade County is turning into a costly affair. The three alleged front-runners, Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, former county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and ex-state Rep. Marcelo Llorente have raised a combined $1.2 ... More >>

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    Swept Under the Bridge

    Sex offenders are ordered to sleep near a center for abused kids

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    Letters

    Sex offenders are ordered to sleep near a center for abused kids

  • News

    November 9, 1995

    Crime & Politics

    The continuing success of lobbyist Ron Book: Perverse proof of how much lawmakers need lawbreakers

  • News

    November 3, 1993

    Shelter Fallout

    After years of doing nothing Dade County now plans to put 500 homeless people under one roof. It won't be in your neighborhood, of course.

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