RECOUNT DIJOLS V. LEVEY/AVALOS LOSES
Posted by JAABLOG at 8/27/2008 3:45 PM 
Categories: Dijols, BoberBernie, elections, CohenMardi, Avalos, Richards
Categories: Dijols, BoberBernie, elections, CohenMardi, Avalos, Richards
Dr. Snipes, Broward County Mayor Lois Waxler,
Judge Lee Seidman, and Judge Sharon Zeller (Sentinel)
779 of 779 Precincts Reporting
| Percent | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Isaac 'Bernie' Bober |  | 38.31% | 36,573 |
| Pedro E Dijols | | 30.78% | 29,384 |
| Mardi Anne Levey | | 30.91% | 29,513 |
| 95,470 |
779 of 779 Precincts Reporting
| Percent | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina M. Avalos | | 49.20% | 45,818 |
| Ian Richards | | 50.80% | 47,302 |
| 93,120 |
here's an idea - don't appoint 35 year olds to the bench
Hey Avalos - you know what you can do with your written waivers of speedy now don't you?
STOP THE BROWARD PRISON DEATH MACHINE ONCE AND FOR ALL
Is it anti-hispanic or anti-republican? All these former judges were Bush appointees after all. Maybe they can retire to Kennebunkport.
Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/660712.html
Way to go Judge Dale Cohen!!! Take the child away from the poor mother because mom is put on a waiting list for prescrition drug rehab. What empathy, NOT!!! And your wife is the real tough one in the family. Broweird's judiciary will deteriorate faster if your wife Mardi Levey/Cohen is elected.
Cheers to the few and proud that contributed to Bernie's successful campaign. It was clearly going to be a tough run given that the incumbent threw $200k of his own money into the race (we're yet to see how much of his own money he actually spent yet) and Bernie had about $15k to do it.
So here's to those in the legal community that gave to him instead of taking the easy route to support the incumbent.
GO BERNIE GO....KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM!!
The mirror that Broward Judges have been addicted to for many years today shattered as three incumbents fell in close political combat.
They certainly seem to have been affected over the years with a Narcissus Complex that has kept them staring at their own reflections and little else since taking office, all of whom were appointed to office with very little experience but that they fit the profile of being minority applicants. Today Broward decided it was time for a change from the arrogant, discourteous and often highly questionable conduct of some of its judicial officers to the tune of 3 now former judges who must now look for employment elsewhere besides the lofty positions they have occupied for their relatively short tenures.
The time has come it seems for a more sober look at a judiciary that has been viewed by many as a club of self satisfied, condescending buffoons interested only in the idea that they were "appointed/anointed" to office for some perceived merit they possessed somehow putting them a cut above the company.
That feeling has been dashed as challengers took the field at the end of the day, proving at last that Broward's Judiciary is no longer invulnerable to opposition.
Progress is on the move and has swept from them what they truly felt was their God Given Right to remain in office until retirement.
The real reason: The cloud of voter discontent that has gathered and growing at the waste that has become The Broward County Judiciary.
That was a nasty little trick Avalos pulled darkening Richard's picture in her flier thus making him featureless. Really sleezy. She's paid the price now.
Cathy Avalos locking them up for Traffic cases. Thank the heavens she was stopped before she became a real criminal county or circuit judge. This defeat has cosmic proportions. A black man immaculatey appears to fight the race hatred and injustice in Broward's criminal justice system.
Now Dijols can pay back the money he borrowed to put in has campaign.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING MARDI LEVEY/COHEN FOR JUDGE. THANKS TO ALL THOSE THAT HELPED HER WORTHY CAMPAIGN.
Dijols kind of bottomed out. Not such a smirk now, hey, Pedro?
It's time to roll it up, Pedro. You came in third even after all that your supporters said about Mardi she came in ahead of you.
Victory. So Sweet!
Scott Israel: 22,786
Le mack (Smokes Crack): 22,186
500 provisional ballots will be counted tomorrow. At least 1/2 will be Century Village voters for Israel, another 10-15 for Le crack, and the rest for Wiley Thompson who came in at a respectable rd place.
The Ghost was the King courthouse Israel Host!
If you were 35 and got a judgeship over much more qualified older lawyers you could be humble and thankful or arrogant and obnoxious like you deserved the job. Then you would get kicked to the curb like a no good sack of trash. Ha!
Say goodnight no good state atty masquerading as something you are not: wise.
Milian's in trial Carlos. So instead of calling his cellphone, go see him and open your campaign account now. You'll need it.
Can someone explain why the judicial election was during the primary and not the general election in November when many more people vote?
I think we could have taken out Goldenberg out too if the voters were more representative of the county. The general population is clearly anti-incumbent with good reason.
Say goodnight Pedro and Avalos. It's been a short run and you've made a mess of it. Try and get some sleep and then start putting together your resumes. Just a thought, but do you know how difficuit it's going to be for both to hold a real job now?
They can both get jobs with satz or the AG. As far as the election, it's always at the primary date and runoffs are held at the general election date. Voters can get off their fat asses on either date if they want to, but they are just too lazy. This minority group needs to prove they can win elections before whining about lack of appointments.
If Lamack had won the whole Sheriffs Office would have become like Hollywood. That's something that's almost too much to imagine with all the corruption down there. Besides that, Sprinkles will have to try another tact now that he's lost another ploy to regain respectability. Glad the voters saw through that and Dumped the Lamack Pack. See ya at the beach surfer boy!
With friends like Judge Williams, what else could Richards hope for? Why did you have to prove what everybody already knew Judge Williams? That you would trade in politics to protect sitting judges before you would help one of your own? Doesn't sound too cool to me. Me thinks you've made another bad mistake. Get it straight. Do what you know is right, not what the rest of the judges expect of you to circle the wagons every time one of you is opposed. Really bad form.
great party for howie last night!!
Where is insane anti-Howard guy and his never ending stream of lies?
34 years old at the time of appointment
I worked at a polling place yesterday that has six precincts. I can tell you that the voting public has no idea who the incumbent judges are; however, they do know which are republicans and which are democrats. This is a democratic county and mostly a democratic primary, therefore the Republicans got voted out.
Also, three out of four of the incumbent judges do not have significant experience running a campaign. Judge Goldenberg was elected two terms ago and she had a base that came back to the polls to vote for her. The other incumbent judges did not have that base and were on pretty equal footing with the other people running against them.
I don't think this was a Hispanic thing as much as it was a party thing even though the judicial positions are non partisan.
Now that they have experience campaigning and some name recognition, the judges who lost yesterday will likely do well in future elections should they choose to run.
"I don't think this was a Hispanic thing"???????
I'm sure it's the same thing in Dade when a Gonzalez beats a Shapiro or something like that and the hispanic vote goes 90/10 for Gonzalez. That's not a hispanic thing either.
There is a very good femaale trial attorney with an ethnic name (wink wink) that will run against Elijah Williams. He is a Bush appointment. He must go.
What were the Judicial Bad Boys Gold and Diaz doing at campaign headquarters all day besides wondering when they are gonna be ousted. Gold's been playing a political tight game for a while, and, well, Diaz, he's needed to go since he's was first appointed to the bench. Both have more than a little baggage and Diaz is up in 2012. Hope you enjoyed it kids. The gig as they say is almost up.
There are a number of judges who deserve an opponent, none moreso than Cheryl Aleman, who is a horror and nightmare to appear before (if you can even get a hearing).
It would be fitting for her to lose o the lawyer with whom she has battled the most (a la Judge Wennert in Palm Beach).
Draft Sean Conway to run againat Aleman.
You can raise enough money to pay your filing fee and run a respectable campaign.
Sean Conway is a good name for Broward voters.
Aleman has lost more support from the bar since her move to civil. Probably only A-turd and a few in the old crowd wil stay by her side.
Sean should announce his intentions right away.
Nobody was more interested in the poll results than Avalos and Dijols who are both still wondering what went wrong. After so many years of Broward Judges facing no opposition, a new age has beckoned the attention of would be judges in Broward.
All sitting judges are now game to being ousted from office by merely fielding a qualification fee. And there seems to be so many that are vulnerable to opposition for a real lack of judicial temperament that continues to hound them to whatever division they are transfered to.
What's the old saying: You can run but you can't hide? I think a few of them are finally getting the picture after yesterdays upset. All I can say is it's about time.
Don't believe everything you hear or write about on this blog.