Watchdog Wars: Oliver Gilbert’s IG rewrite survives first test — barely

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Watchdog Wars: Oliver Gilbert’s IG rewrite survives first test — barely

In a discussion thick with irony, Miami-Dade commissioners on Monday advanced legislation that would reshape the hiring rules for their own watchdog — while investigations touching the dais continue in the background. Commissioner Oliver Gilbert’s proposal to rewrite the hiring rules for the county’s inspector general — the very office tasked with probing corruption and […]

Miami-Dade’s Oliver Gilbert would rewrite rules, role for Inspector General

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Miami-Dade’s Oliver Gilbert would rewrite rules, role for Inspector General

It’s a shady move for suspicious reasons There are few things Miami-Dade electeds love more than declaring their undying commitment to “transparency” — except, perhaps, quietly tinkering with the rules governing the people paid to investigate them. Case in point: County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert, who on Monday is bringing to the Policy Council a resolution […]