TEAM KULIK 2010
Balancing the ScalesKevin Kulik notified us he's putting together a list, and checking it more than twice.
He is currently vetting ten candidates for the 2010 election season.
"They're coming out of the woodwork," Kulik says, "after 2008, everyone knows how easy it is to win a judgeship."
We inquired if some of the more established names would also draw opponents in 2010.
His answer: "Bet on it."
Kulik is actively seeking more interested parties. His team is analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of judges of all backgrounds, in order to match hand picked challengers who have the best shot at winning. No financial commitment is necessary, but dedication of energy, time, and spirit is a must.
Why not give it a shot?
Help change the outmoded Satzian world view that dominates Broward's Criminal Justice System while earning a comfortable retirement benefit after only a single six year term of office. If you don't do it now, you'll kick yourself later.
CHANGE IS NOW
I want to penetrate Casey Anthony ASAP.
Jack Thompson
Democrat judges for Democratic Broward!
This is one genie that ain't going back in the bottle. About 20 years too late though. Oh well, better late than never.
which hispanic judges is he targetting? Remember it is only easy to beat the minority judges with ethnic sounding names.
Warning it is not as easy as you think to win a judgeship. You are making it easy for sitting judges to win by opening up your big mouth. You are practicing the same old model of politics as years gone by. Remember the people who won in 2008 are not politically connected. They were mostly unknowns who plan like crazy and organize massive grassroots campaigns. You will see a hint of this on 02-06-2009 at 1:00 pm at the Broward main courthouse.
I think you mean February 3rd.
What's Ian Richards going to say at his robing? What a master strategist he is? f-CK him! He got lucky. He shouldn't be a judge. He's out of here in 6.
Truth is Bernie Bober had name recognition since his brother is Mayor of Hollywood. Feren and Ehrlich, both extremely politically connected and clueless about judging.
Ellen Feld connected to the Condos.
You don't know what you are talking about. Those that lost, lost because they were caught off guard and never got their sh-t together. LISTEN TO ME GOOD 2008 WAS A FLUKE.
Having said that I hope every sitting judge gets an opponent.
I predict one of the new county court judges will act like a clown, a real horse's ass. I predict this judge will have no clue as to what he is doing. I predict he will get robitis and I predict he will be frowned upon by judges and lawyers alike. I predicted he will be an arrogant prick and I predict he will be out of here in 6 years. All this I predict.
It sounds like you are a fool.
2008 is not fluke it is the standard.
KULIK calm down.
Kulik did great by taking out Julio Gonzalez. The most qualified county court job. Good one Kevin.
Kevin Kulik help got rid of Julio Gonzalez.
He now thinks he is the best thing since slice bread. What does Kulik have againist Holmes, Williams, Bober, Richards and even Feld.
SIGN ME UP, KEVIN. I'LL GIVE MONEY, TIME AND MAYBE EVEN VOLUNTEER MYSELF TO RUN AGAINST ONE OF THESE JUDICIAL IDIOTS. I COMMEND THIS BLOG FOR STARTERS, KULIC AND OTHERS FOR RESTORING SOME SANITY AND INTEGRITY TO THE BENCH WITH THE OUSTER OF SOME OF WHAT MUST BE BY ALL ACCOUNTS THE WORST JUDGES IN THE STATE. I MEAN EVERY WORD I SAY. TAKE NO PRISONERS.
"You will see a hint of this on 02-06-2009 at 1:00 pm at the Broward main courthouse."
Elijah Williams, wannabe Chief Judge? Is that you?
KULIK DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FELD OR RICHARDS. MUST BE AVALOS TALKING TO HIDE HER NAME. IS SHE STILL CRYING?
I heard Greene is going for CJ
Please let us know to whom the checks are to be made payable. I only wish I could give more than five hundred to each individual.
Williams doesn't have a chance. Remember what he did with the so called Diversity Committee when he covered for Greene? Then it was said he was a shoe in for Sheriff. I don't think he's going anywhere except maybe to get an opponent.
Judge Pratt and Judge Lee can both be beat. They will not have the support of the lawyers that appear before them. Judge Skolnik & Beller will raise big money as everyone likes them.
There are a number that have already been chosen for opposition and pledges obtained. It's gonna be interesting in 2010. We're gonna also have a few new judges.
The press will regurgitate the NHI outrage if Greene goes for it. He ain't going anywhere. He can't risk it.
lets see then if goldenburg has the guts to put in her name as claimed and should be feared
who do you think is left to apply rosenberg or goldenberg?
How do you want your name to appear on the ballot? How about I.M. Anonymous?
Or Bober for that matter. Just ask Bober.
Charlie "No Humans Involved" Greene wants to be chief judge? That's a good one. The only thing Greene has left is retirement.
He is getting an opponent.
All I can say Kevin is go for it. Get as many people to run for judge as possible, although I've heard about a few already that are keeping a very low profile until the time is right myself. We really do need some better judges. It's like there's really some mental problems that need to be faced around here. I think Broward would be much better for it.
FYI: Judge Greene was just elected w/o opposition. He has a new six year term. Grab a clue.
The now infamous story of "No Humans Involved" and Charlie Greene is gonna be one that sticks around till he's long gone.
Anyone can go after the low hanging fruit with the brother of a very popular Mayor of one of the largest cities in Broward. Bernie won because HE busted his butt. I campaigned for Howard so I got to see Bernie at 2 or 3 functions a night. Never did I see Kevin with Bernie at an event. Ilona who ran Peter Bober's campaign and Jack Schrifel ran the campaign and guided Bernie to victory. If it is as easy as everyone says it is i.e. just be a female with a jewish last name why do you need Kevin or any other campaign person just throw your name on the ballot and go for it? Of course this time the only low hanging fruit is Rebollo. The theory that appears to have been created last election has not been tested against an anglo candidate.
Kevin was very close golf buddies with Pedro. Pedro ruled against Kevin and got Bernie to run. Something to wonder for those candidates looking at Kevin to run their campaigns? Is this the price you pay for using Kevin?
I'm seriously considering running. Is O'Connor up in 2010?
Dijols is a golfer?? come on, swing around that fat belly? golf is a game of honor, integrity, play the ball as it lies!that lies as is sitting pedro, not as in not telling the truth.all these people are golfers that i'd love to take on a slow boat to china at ANY handicap they want or want me to sport.thats the next funny thing to see, how many strokes these wanna be tough guys want, need? hey pedro, how about a nassau,. house, car,retirement acct.i still have 2 of those after the run thru the court house.call me pete, maybe we'll fly down to your neck of the woods at capo d' campo and play the teeth of the dog!!golly that would be fun, but not for your client if you have one as you'll have to treble your rates after the butt thrashing. FORE!!!!
Were there no humans involved?
All of these Judges are respected by the lawyers that appear in front of them and the legal community at large.
Anyone who wants to run for judge, please keep it a secret even from everyone even mom. Please do not buy into the whole I am a judge marker BS. The so called judge maker will sink you and stab you in the back.
Nike had a slogan "just do it" Do the same when running for judge.
If Kulik is such a kingmaker, then how come he and JAAB combined still didn't come up with one person to run against Satz?
This post sounds vaguely anti-judge in general, which is misleading. Many judges are doing a good job and should be supported,especially if they get opposition from a lesser qualified candidate. If you check his contributions you will find Kevin Kulik listed as a supporter of Julio Gonzalez, who was doing a great job. In the criminal defense field, the problem has been with an increasingly partisan JNC nominating ,and the governor appointing, some individuals with obviously pro-government ideologies instead of the most qualified candidate. A top defense attorney with 20+years experience is typically passed over for a prosecutor with much less experience. Party affiliation appears to have been given great weight by the last two governors. Defense attorneys get tired of informing clients that the judge will not actually be a neutral detached magistrate,as they are sworn to be, but more of a "prosecutor with a robe on". Each judge is entitled to their own philosophy, but the citizens of Broward are quite a bit different than residents of, say, Pensacola. They reserve the ultimate determination. Almost every judge awards "certificates" to jurors in the hope that the judge's name will be remembered at election time. Many ignore the much larger constituency sitting right in front of them, the defendants and their families. In Broward, about 110,000 people or more are processed through the county jail system every year. Add Notices to Appear, criminal traffic cases, and juveniles and you will realize that almost ten percent of Broward's population is charged with a crime every year. Extrapolate that for five years and you see why Mike Satz loses such a high percentage of votes to even a token opponent. Undoubtedly, more judges will receive opposition than in the past including those who do not deserve it. This will result in some inequities, but it should also result in a greater degree of neutrality and respect focused on those accused of crimes. Anyone attempting to obtain a judicial appointment should consider that they may well be running for office very soon after being picked, especially if they intend to become a rubber stamp for the government.
Kulik may be a good manager with great ideas, but he can't possibly think that Bober's win was not without controversy. In truth, Bober was the only candidate on the ballot. It's not so hard to win that way.
Regarding wanna-be king/judge maker Kulik, the team that Cool Lik really wants in 2010 is a team of Cool Lik lickers who bow to the Cool Lik.
It's amazing to see the exchanges about judges as if anyone outside of the Courthouse crowd cares. The dynamic has certainly changed with sitting judges drawing opposition and losing, just like Dade County. Is that what we want? On the other hand "judges for life" created most of the problems we all face now. It really has more to do with the atmosphere fostered by bench and bar alike. They can post all of the "professionalism" signs they want and bitch and moan about the lack of civility and ethics but until everyone gets on the same page and stops biting each other's neck for blood it wont change. There'll will always black robe fever. Can't help it, some people let it go to their head but the Bar can at least tone it down and start acting like gentlemen (applies to both sexes)and then you'll see some changes. Unfortunately the large number of lawyers in Broward and the increasingly tightening market will make the chase for dollars the prime motivating factor and that's also at the root of the problem as well. Too many lawyers, too few clients, too little money. An uptick in the economy will help but "can't we all just get along?" Getting Jackie Boy into quarantine is also a pretty good start.
Well put and all together the truth of the matter. You're gonna see judges tumbling out of office in the foreseeable future. It can only improve the situation.
What a clown. Someone needs to take Elijah Williams out in 2010. He only carries the black man's water. He doesn't carry whitey's water. What a buffoon! You want a good chuckle go sit in his courtroom. And this clown was going to run against Tobin for chief judge.
Roberto Lee is hispanic. I smell an opponent. Actually, they all deserve and probably will get opponents. Especially Pratt, time for her to go. It's also time for Skolnik to dance his way out of here.
"You don't know what you are talking about. Those that lost, lost because they were caught off guard and never got their sh-t together. LISTEN TO ME GOOD 2008 WAS A FLUKE." Get a clue all sitting judge raised way more money than opponents and still lost. NO FLUKE THEIR. All opponents had under 30,000 againist sums like 200,000. It is the end for bad judges in Broward.
no it is just the end of a diverse judiciary. Only hispanic judges with ethnic names lost. YOU GET A CLUE!
I heard that two or three circuit judges with jewish names have opponents that are JEWISH and their last names are higher in the alphabet than the judges. Get out your checkbooks folks, as the judges are going to be asking for our money and putting in their own loans (which they never use)
Is it Lebow, Seidman and Lazarus that are getting opponents?