Lawsuit: Two county commissioners pressured builder into making political contribution

Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard pressured a contractor to support last year’s affordable housing bond issue, according to a lawsuit filed by a Greenacres builder, Robling Architecture Construction Inc. The claim, which county attorneys are "vigorously" opposing, is drawn from new evidence Robling claims it obtained as part of a lawsuit it filed in June against the county after it failed to win a multimillion dollar contract overseeing the construction of new fire stations. By a 4-3 vote on March 22, 2022, commissioners awarded the work to Core Construction...