Republic Services shake-up follows trash talk

Buddy Nevins
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
January 7, 2006

Did All Service Refuse Co. clean up its lobbying team after being accused of trashing Sunrise Commissioner Sheila Alu?

All Service's spokesman Will Flower said the garbage hauler doesn't talk about why employees are no longer working for the firm, calling such discussions "personnel matters."

But he confirmed this week that executive David Katz and lobbyists Howard Kusnick and Vinnie Grande are no longer getting paychecks from All Service.

The shake-up occurred in the wake of my column last August about the anonymous letters smearing Alu. . . . Read more