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• Some donors get new posts

  The investigation found that people who contributed to Gov. Jeb Bush's campaign and major donors to the Republican Party of Florida were far more likely to get plum appointments to the state's powerful boards and commissions during the Bush tenure than those who contributed t the Florida Democratic Party of Bush's opponents.

  Tags: Governor Jeb Bush; Republican Party of Florida; Florida Democratic Party; appointees; elected officials; Commission on Ethics; Division of Elections; Common Cause of Florida; Florida Prepaid College Board; Judicial Qualifications Commission; Land Acquisition and Facilities Advisory Board; Miami-Dade County School Board District; Governor's Mansion Foundation; Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Prison Rehabilitative Industries; Diversified Enterprises Board

  By Nancy Cook Lauer

  Democrat (Tallahassee, Fla.)

  2003

• School Land

  Miami Herald's series of stories uncovers "questionable land purchases by the Miami-Dade School Districts, including a deal in which the district paid $2 million more than its own appraisal recommended..." The parcels, some of which swampy and others including archeological sites disallowing construction, have been bought for phantom programs. The stories report on the criminal investigation of the purchases, started by county prosecutors. Some of the main findings of the grand jury's report are that the school board has failed to account for overspending on the purchases, correct fire and safety violations, control runaway spending on new school construction and track allocations for building and renovation projects.

  Tags: developers; land records; speculators; lobbying; crime; construction; education

  By Jay Weaver;Tom Dubocq

  Miami Herald

  2001