Community group asks Gov. Scott to intervene in Doral mess

Community group asks Gov. Scott to intervene in Doral mess

DEVELOPING STORY: A group of community activists in Doral have asked Florida Gov. Rick Scott to intervene in the city’s mess. The Doral Community Coalition wrote a letter to Scott last week asking him to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the allegations about possible public corruption and conflicts of interest that have arisen […]

Doral worked with busted lobbyist, paid him about $300K

Doral worked with busted lobbyist, paid him about $300K

Jorge Forte, one of the lobbyists arrested by the FBI last week in a sting operation that also nabbed two mayors on bribery and extortion charges, had several contracts with the city of Doral, dating as far back as 2009. Three of Forte’s companies had contracts or agreements to do business with the small western […]

Doral website promoted Vice Mayor Bettina’s business

Doral website promoted Vice Mayor Bettina’s business

Doral Vice Mayor Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera has some nice free publicity on the city’s website for her lobbying business. Or had, anyway. Before Ladra called the city to ask about it and they took the link off a little while ago. Oooops. But earlier today, and all through the year, right on the vice mayor’s government […]