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Joseph Cobo

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Hospital Commissioner Making Noise About Physician Contracts That Skip Past Committee

    Clarence McKee​The Broward Health board has a new maverick. Clarence McKee was first to express reservations to the public hospital district's proposal to lease its assets to a nonprofit. And now McKee wants to reverse a trend whereby contracts for physicians, lobbyists and other professional serv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Embattled CEO of Broward Hospital District Gets Five-Year, $3 Million Contract

    Photo: Broward HealthNask​For Broward Health CEO Frank Nask, there's a fine line between unemployment and a multimillionaire's lifestyle. He's glad to have landed in the latter. This past January, Nask was facing the prospect of being terminated by the public hospital district's board of commissio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    State Ethics Commission, Broward Prosecutor Clear Hospital Commissioner

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is breathing a bit easier these days. He won't face criminal charges or disciplinary action in connection with a conflict of interest between his public role and his private-sector work.A few weeks ago, the Florida Commission on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Criminal Investigation Launched Against Another Hospital Commissioner

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is being investigated by the Broward State Attorney's Office for criminal corruption. The investigation was launched after Juice reported potential conflicts of interest between Fernandez's public office and his private work as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Investigation Dropped Against Former Hospital District Attorney

    browardhealth.orgGoldstone​Broward State Attorney's Office has elected not to file criminal charges against Marc Goldstone, the former general counsel of Broward Health who was fired in May of last year after the hospital district's commissioners claimed he'd deceived them about how he would be ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    New Broward Health Board Seeks Distance From Unsavory Past

    browardhealth.orgNask​Broward Health CEO Frank Nask's job is safe, as is that of a friend who he hired and to whom he gave a generous raise. Commissioner Mike Fernandez has received legal assurances that his job with an ultrasound manufacturer is not a conflict of interest. And seven appointed boa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Broward Health Chair Refuses to Discuss Political Motives Behind Board Transformation

    browardhealth.orgCalhoun​Tomorrow morning, Broward Health Chair Rhonda Calhoun will convene a board that has four new members, all appointed last week by Gov. Charlie Crist, who removed two colleagues whom Calhoun admired -- commissioners Robert Bernstein and Dan Gordon.She was given no explanatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Silent Treatment: Broward Health Meeting Postponed by Commissioner Absences

    Flickr: cards013Can't vote unless there's a body in that suit.​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez failed to attend this morning's board meeting at Coral Springs Medical Center in what appears to be a thinly veiled effort to avoid voting on whether to fire the district's CEO and to address ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    A Sneak Peek at the Candidates for Broward Health Board

    davidmaymon.comDavid Maymon​The list of candidates for the Broward Health board is full of attorneys, contractors, politicians and health-care business owners. They are vying for at least one open seat -- the one formerly belonging to Maureen Jaeger, who left this fall to join George Lemieux's U.S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Defying Ethics Code, Broward Health Commissioner's Firm Does Big Business With Hospital District

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​The ultrasound manufacturing company where Mike Fernandez works as a general manager has been selling products to Broward Health during the same period that Fernandez has occupied a powerful position as a commissioner of that hospital district. Documents obtained by Juic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Governor's Office in No Hurry to Replenish Scandal-Plagued Hospital Board

    Flickr​Among the many problems at the North Broward Hospital District (a pending criminal corruption investigation, a pending internal investigation for fraud, to name a couple), the district's board currently has an attendance problem. The kind that only Gov. Charlie Crist can fix.The governor ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Source: Broward Health Commissioners to Skip Meeting in Maneuver to Save CEO

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Citing "unnamed sources" in the North Broward Hospital District, Commissioner Robert Bernstein has told Juice that two of his colleagues -- Commissioners Joseph Cobo and Mike Fernandez -- will not attend the district's January 27 meeting and that their likely motive is t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Broward Health Commissioner Explains Reasons for Wanting to Terminate Hospital CEO

    browardhealth.orgBernstein​Later this month, when North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Robert Bernstein makes his case to the board for firing CEO Frank Nask, it'll be based on these grounds:that Nask's lack of hospital operations experience has made him use poor judgment in deciding what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    So Many Seats to Fill; So Few Republicans Without Baggage

    plantation.orgPetrocelli​That's the only explanation I can offer for Charlie Crist's appointment of Rico Petrocelli to the Broward County Housing Authority, which Buddy Nevins is reporting on Broward Beat. Petrocelli, of course, was defeated in his bid for the Plantation City Commission. His campa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Hospital Commissioner Bounced From Host Committee by Crist Campaign

    Flickr: Linnette Alissa​Gov. Charlie Crist is learning to tread lightly on the Broward County fund-raising circuit. Yesterday morning I posted this item about how Broward Health Commissioner Joseph Cobo was named to the host committee for next week's swanky Crist fundraiser at the home of West Bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Pending Criminal Investigation? Your Money's Still Good at Crist Fundraiser!

    ​On the right, that's a portion of the fundraiser flier being circulated by West Broward land baron Ron Bergeron, who's hosting an event for his favorite U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Crist. (Click to enlarge.) I've highlighted the name of one headlining contributor, Joseph Cobo, the Broward Heal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    [UPDATED] Sources: Judge Spencer Levine Has Criminal Defense Attorney

    Spencer Levine​Sources with knowledge of a major Broward County corruption investigation say that Spencer Levine, appointed last April to the Fourth District Court of Appeals, has retained a criminal defense attorney to help him answer prosecutors' questions.Mind you, this isn't the Scott Rothstei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    The Way We Were: In Honor of Rothstein Charges, Pictures From a Happier Time

    Las Olas Lifestyle, March 2009The Rothsteins, cozy among sports celebrities​ This past weekend, while waiting for a dryer to finish drying near Fort Lauderdale Beach, I spotted an old copy of Las Olas Lifestyle magazine. From March 2009 to be exact, some six months before Rothstein's billion-dolla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Rothstein Dealings With Broward Health Raise Questions About Judicial Appointment

    photo: 4dca.orgSpencer Levine​Attorneys at Scott Rothstein's firm landed a highly privileged meeting with the executive leadership of the North Broward Hospital District in September 2008, the month after Rothstein was appointed by his friend, Gov. Charlie Crist, to the nominating committee for Fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    In the Clutch, Republican Activist Shows a Bit of Class

    Flickr: eric.slausonLive by the gun... resign by the gun.​One of Broward County's leading Republican activists, Ed Napolitano, is resigning from his leadership positions with the party, two weeks after leading a controversial trip with fellow Republicans to a gun range in Hallandale Beach. The Sun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Conflict of Interest? Scandal-Plagued Goren Sees No Evil in Pembroke Pines

    Flickr user: clar@bellConflict? What conflict?​This summer, the Juice raised ethical questions about the City of Pembroke Pines' decision to outsource its building department to a private, Fort Lauderdale-based company, Calvin, Giordano & Associates. Because the firm also handles multimillion- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Blind Faith in Attorney Raises Questions at Ethics-Plagued Hospital District

    It sure sounds like a nice gesture: Attorney Sam Goren's Fort Lauderdale firm gives pro bono legal work to the Broward League of Cities, the nonprofit organization through which the county's 31 municipal governments collaborate and work toward state and federal policies that serve their collective g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Book of Jeb: At Hospital District, a Trial of Faith Between Ethics and Republican Friendships

    Flickr: presidential_predictionsBush and Bernstein had a mutual friend at Gray-Robinson.​Broward Health Commissioner Robert Bernstein has cast himself as a watchdog for waste at the county's public health-care district. But in the months since he led the charge to terminate the hospital district's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Internal Memo: Ethics Rule Is a "Joke"

    browardhealth.orgCobo​Shortly after health care consultant Joseph Cobo was appointed by the governor to the board of the North Broward Hospital District in September 2007, the new commissioner allegedly approached the district's general counsel with a bold request. Laura Seidman alleges that Cobo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Ethics Allegations Surface for Two More Broward Hospital Commissioners

    browardhealth.orgRebecca Stoll​Shortly before Laura Seidman was pressured to resign as general counsel of Broward County's public hospital district last year, she expressed concerns that three of the district's commissioners were "using their public offices and powers improperly and for their own ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Jaeger Bomb: Broward Health Commissioner Accused of Using Office for "Personal Agenda"

    browardhealth.orgMaureen Jaeger​In a memo she wrote in April 2008, three weeks before resigning as general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District, Laura Seidman alleged that Commissioner Maureen Jaeger "misused her public office for her personal agenda."Jaeger, Rebecca Stoll and Joseph Cob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Hospital District: Why Wrestle a White Elephant When You Can Tackle a Red Herring?

    Flickr User: FrogMillerMidway through this morning's meeting of the North Broward Hospital District's board, Commissioner Robert Bernstein decided it was time to acknowledge the "white elephant in the room."A tantalizing prospect, because this room was positively teeming with white elephants. There ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Will Crist Respond to Scandal in Broward Hospital District?

    We should know the answer to that question in about an hour. Yesterday I sent an email to the governor's press secretary with a link to the post I made Wednesday. That post told of how the North Broward Hospital District Chairman Mike Fernandez demanded that an ethics investigation be cut short, des ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Governor's Office: We're on the Lookout for Dirty Hospital Commissioners

    Flickr User: Monte MendozaSterling Ivey, press secretary for Gov. Charlie Crist, responded to Juice coverage of the scandals at the North Broward Hospital District with a short statement indicating the governor's office was keeping tabs on the case but wasn't ready to act. Said Ivey in a short email ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Hospital District Attorney Hit With Bar Complaint

    "I didn't come here looking for a job," said attorney Sam Goren on May 14 at an emergency meeting of the North Broward Hospital District's Board of Commissioners. In the moments before, commissioners had relied upon Goren's legal counsel in determining that their general counsel, Marc Goldstone, sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    No End in Sight: Ethics Scandal Spreads to North Broward Hospital District Chairman

    browardhealth.orgMike FernandezDocuments recently released by the North Broward Hospital District' show that its chairman decided his board didn't have a corruption problem so much as a Martin Goldberg problem. That's the name of the former assistant U.S. Attorney who was hired by the district's Boa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Conflicts Loom Large for Current Hospital District Attorney

    Sam Goren, the acting general counsel for the $1 billion North Broward Hospital District, took that job despite having conflicts of interest, according to statements Goren himself made to a district investigator months before Goren assumed his new position.browardhealth.orgCoboThe investigator, Miam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Former Attorneys for Hospital District Now Under Criminal Investigation

    Marc Goldstone and Joe Truhe, formerly the two lead attorneys for the North Broward Hospital District, are being investigated for possible criminal charges of practicing law without a license, according to a source with knowledge of the case.The attorneys were fired in mid-May amid allegations by th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Former Hospital District Attorney Files Suit

    Flickr User: Scarlett3344 QiJoe Truhe, the former associate general counsel for the North Broward Hospital District, filed suit today, alleging that in firing him last month, the public health care system violated the Whisteblower's Act. The suit also names Commissioner Robert Bernstein and the inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Were Hospital Attorneys Fired for Sake of Cover-Up?

    browardhealth.orgMarc GoldstoneFor the past month, the North Broward Hospital District has been wrestling with two seemingly unrelated scandals: the corruption investigation of Commissioner Joseph Cobo and the sudden firing of the district's general counsel, Marc Goldstone, and his lieutenant, Joe T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Paging Doctor Footinmouth

    Flickr User: georgina14For Broward docs, old habits may be hard to break.For much of the past week since the May 27 meeting of the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners, Juice has been trying to reach the doctor who offered that meeting's most fascinating testimony.Dr. Richard Glick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Emergency Room: Hospital District Calls for (Another?!?) "Emergency" Meeting

    Tomorrow at 2 p.m., the North Broward Hospital District will have an "emergency" meeting. According to the announcement the purpose is for "discussion and possible action regarding the report of Martin Goldberg," the former assistant U.S. Attorney who was hired by the district to investigate possibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Attorney Suspects Shakedown by Broward Hospital Commish

    Flickr User: Arty SmokesNot bad, kids. But let's see you juggle your commissioner's hat with your consultant's hat.A tipster claiming knowledge of the North Broward Hospital District's investigation of Commissioner Joseph Cobo recently suggested Juice take a closer look at one of the most damning pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Fmr. Broward Hospital District Lawyer Demands Probe of District's Current Lawyer

    Joe Truhe, former associate general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District, who was fired along with the district's general counsel May 15, has sent a letter to hospital commissioners demanding that they investigate Sam Goren, the attorney who became the interim general counsel.In a letter d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Cobo-Cop: Will Governor Bust Broward Hospital Commish?

    It'll be weeks, at least, till we learn how Gov. Charlie Crist intends to respond to the politically explosive packet of material he received last week from the North Broward Hospital District. It's the report of a former assistant U.S. Attorney retained by the North Broward Hospital District Board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    NBHD: As One Ethics Probe Ends, Will a New One Begin?

    browardhealth.orgCommissioner Robert BernsteinIt's no fun to write a letter alleging corruption and send it to the Florida Ethics Commission or the Broward State Attorney. No, if you really want to make a splash, announce the allegations during the public comment period for an unrelated ethics case. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Cobo Report Sent to Governor

    During a lengthy meeting this morning that saw roughly 40 speakers testify in favor of embattled Broward Health Commissioner Joseph Cobo, his fellow commissioners voted unanimously to send the investigative report alleging potential ethics violations to Gov. Charlie Crist. The Florida governor appoi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    May Day: Hospital District to Rid Self of All Sordid Business This Month

    Last week, when it came out that North Broward Hospital District General Counsel Marc Goldstone was allegedly practicing law without a Florida license, it seems commissioners had a good excuse (shock, to name one) to procrastinate dealing with the scandal of the previous week: an investigator's find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Legally Blind: Broward Health Attorney Forgot to Mention He Can't Practice Law

    browardhealth.orgMarc GoldstoneMaybe Troy Kishbaugh had good reasons for being angry about that job he didn't get. The former acting general counsel for the North Broward Hospital District was passed over for a job that instead went to Marc Goldstone. That was in December and only now do we learn th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Broward Health Chair Speaks on Cobo Case

    browardhealth.orgBroward Health Chairman Mike FernandezAfter allegedly mingling public responsibilities with private consulting work, Broward Health Commissioner Joseph Cobo faces an uncertain future. A week after those charges came to light, Board Chairman Mike Fernandez is seeking to protect the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Choose Your Own Adventure, Broward Health Edition: The Mystery of Rio Vista

    Flickr User: amster girlChoose wisely, Commissioner CoboAround this time one year ago, Dr. Reynald Pouliot was trying to convince his landlord not to increase the rent. That landlord was the regional health care system, Broward Health. And the lease was for a timeshare office building adjacent to Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Investigator's Report: Commissioner Cobo Bent Law Nearly to Breaking Point

    browardhealth.orgCommissioner Joseph CoboJudging by the report delivered yesterday to the North Broward Hospital District commissioners by an investigator, Commissioner Joseph Cobo is in deep trouble. Attorney Martin Goldberg, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, found five instances of possible miscon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Commissioner Cobo to Physician: "That's Not the Way Things Are Done"

    Yep, this one looks real bad. For the primer on the investigation of North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Joseph Cobo, check out this post from earlier this afternoon. Cobo is alleged to have used his public position to private advantage in his capacity as president / CEO of Florida Medical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Broward Still Putting the "Ick!" in "Ethics" Reform

    We're supposed to be happy that public officials in Broward are getting a primer on ethics. U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta will pay a visit to the Broward County Commission to stage an ethics tutorial (You had better be taking actual notes, Ritter, not doodles or love letters to a certain lobbyist). The ... More >>

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