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Is Fort Lauderdale's $340 million pension bond bet too risky?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf Fort Lauderdale's $340 million bet on pension obligation bonds blows up, the commissioners responsible for the decision can't say they weren't warned. But by the time the long-term balance sheet gets tallied in 20 years, all the current Fort......Tags: Finance, Politics, Stock Market, Science and Technology, Fort Lauderdale
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Two-for-Thursday: Fort Laud. finances, red light cameras
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI usually have two print columns on Thursdays now, one for Broward editions and one for Palm Beach county, but both can't make it onto the online column slot. So I'll link to both here. For the Broward edition, I......Tags: Politics, Fort Lauderdale, Interior Policy
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Fort Lauderdale gambles on future
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsMost interesting story of the day comes from my colleague Larry Barszewski, who details Fort Lauderdale's plans to issue bonds to cover future city pension costs -- on the assumption that the money raised will be used for investments and......Tags: Politics, Fort Lauderdale, Interior Policy
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State pension plan ruling a victory for Florida worker rights
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe pattern of shoot-first-ask-constitutional-questions later has again come back to haunt Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature, this time with the 2011 law requiring government workers to contribute three percent of their salaries toward the...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Judges
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Alcee Hastings mourns death of former County Commissioner Dennis Koehler
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsU.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, said Monday he was saddened by the death of former Palm Beach County Commissioner Dennis Koehler. Mr. Koehler, 69, died Sunday after battling melanoma. From Hastings, whose district includes part of Palm Beach County:...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Palm Beach County Commission, Politics, Wages and Pensions, Alcee Hastings
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Broward teachers brace for layoffs (again)
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs National Teacher Appreciation Week came to a close last Friday, rumors swirled through Broward schools that all first and second year teachers would soon be laid off. Turned out to be a premature alarm, but not necessarily a false......Tags: Job Layoffs, Politics, School Examinations, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Is Notter still owed $126,000-a-year Broward school district job?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsToday is Jim Notter???s final day as Broward Schools Superintendent, but will it be his last day on the school district payroll? I ask because Notter is still legally entitled to a 3-year school district job worth around $378,000, and......Tags: Retirement, Politics, Wages and Pensions, Schools, Interior Policy
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Rick Scott's drug-testing talk is unfair, unworkable
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsGovernor-elect Rick Scott comes to Broward on Tuesday to meet with a local legislative delegation, part of an ongoing effort to build support and dialogue before his January inauguration. A topic I'd like to hear more about is his proposal......Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Companies and Corporations
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Joe: To the end, looking out for Number 1
Spin CycleWith all the affectionate goodbyes to Joe Bruno, here's a reminder of who he really was: He was on the state payroll for 39 years, and his base legislative salary was $79,500. But you will be financing his retirement......Tags: Retirement, Labor Legislation, Politics, Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace
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Foreign Automakers Set Up Shop in the Heartland
KickingTiresBy Patrick Olsen and Eamonn Brennan Cars.com In the past 19 years, foreign automakers with no less a profile than Toyota, Honda and Subaru have set up shop in middle America. Why do foreign automakers find Indiana so appealing? How......Tags: Joseph Phillippi, Politics, Economic Policy, Crossroads, Wages and Pensions
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Obama speech: The full text
Spin CycleObama released excerpts earlier, and now the full speech. It's after the jump. So the drama is the delivery and the crowd, not the words. Here's the ending, invoking King's "Dream" speech in a passage about the "American promise:" "It......Tags: Dick Durbin, Small Businesses, Politics, Philosophy, John F. Kennedy
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AIG: Skelos tries to blame Spitzer
Spin CycleOur own Dean Skelos, the News reports, is trying to blame Eliot Spitzer, who brought a case against AIG and former exec Maurice Greenberg, for the company's near demise: "Those were his headhunting days, and unfortunately his headhunting days are......Tags: New York, Retirement, Politics, Wages and Pensions, Eliot Spitzer
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