Miami-Dade County Public Records News
table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNH4G259rFLPXafpqQongtG9S3yLPQamp;url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/21/2811134/to-get-a-voice-in-tallahassee.htmlbTo get a voice in Tallahassee, local governments spend millions on lobbyists/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMiamiHerald.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1By Tia Mitchell TALLAHASSEE -- When Pinellas bCounty#39;s/b tiny Lealman Fire District needed help navigating the state Capitol this year, it used its limited public funds to hire a lobbyist. The cost: between $10000 and $30000, according to bpublic records/b./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dO1iOA1BXL2jK5Mnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGP9M7zpxLF7amOJkH_zPf6qlWHTAamp;url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/05/2785152/miami-dade-county-wants-to-unload.htmlbbMiami-Dade County/b seeks to unload Head Start program, salaries/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMiamiHerald.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1But the bcounty/b now wants out — and “generous” salaries are partly to blame. On average, bMiami-Dade/b paid its Head Start teachers $76860 in salary and fringe benefits in 2011, bcounty records/b show. That#39;s about 90 percent higher than the second b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dxCcXlvNkSq9q-Mnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGo7Uy2DTYp6MLNPHW1t0ujeHZY9Aamp;url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/19/2808267/the-silver-knights-54-years-of.htmlbThe Silver Knights: 54 years of excellence, selflessness/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMiamiHerald.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1That work, along with other community projects and a stellar academic brecord/b, earned Brooks the 2011 Silver Knight in science for bMiami-Dade County/b. The prize came with a $2000 award and a round-trip ticket provided by American Airlines./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dvTN7ZYCV44ClwMnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNH2SQFDdjnmOTg03tqLjsPnws7zygamp;url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/20/2809298/floridas-voter-purge-a-drive-for.htmlbFlorida#39;s voter purge: A drive for accuracy but lots of wild cards/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMiamiHerald.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Brutus#39; situation, however, makes it easy to draw a loose connection between shady politics and voting in Florida — especially in bMiami-Dade County/b. Because it#39;s election season, loose connections abound. After all, Miami-Dade is the county where b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dutNt7-1OqVCToMnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEGet4m7_ZR_oYMKcaHkKE0ZJFuAQamp;url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/report-of-low-conviction-rate-misleading-interim-palm-2366622.htmlimg src=//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/N9gcsfnsothw3M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Palm Beach Post/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEGet4m7_ZR_oYMKcaHkKE0ZJFuAQamp;url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/report-of-low-conviction-rate-misleading-interim-palm-2366622.htmlbReport of low conviction rate misleading, interim Palm Beach bCounty/b state b.../b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fPalm Beach Post/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1As a result, Palm Beach County has never been at the top of the rankings. Under former Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer, the office ranked in the lower half but often placed higher than Broward and bMiami-Dade counties/b. For the past three years, b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dcgwAsrz2fCKy6Mnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table