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1.) Congratulations! APD Christine Robbins says goodbye today. Drop by Tarpon Bend at Happy Hour to wish her luck in the civil sector (ASA Matt Margolis received great news too recently - no word yet where his party will be held); 2.) Why is Ani smiling? Because she no longer practices law, that's why. Former APD Ani Majuni Porter turned out for Diane Cuddihy's award dinner last week. She's the director of Pre-Law Studies at the American Heritage School in Delray Beach, and she loves it (APD David Wheeler looks on); 3.) Santeria, Broward style (see ""I Put A Spell On You"); 4.) Attorney Al Milian with one of his self-described mentors, the legendary Judge Robert Fogan; 5.) Sun Sentinel reporter Tonya Alanez gets the scoop; 6.) Judge Lisa Porter and Howard Finkelstein.
Come on Buddy, tell us how you really feel about the Cohens ...
Some backstory on the Seidlin/Scherer lawsuit ...
What's a COOPPA? - Thursday night found every single politico (and political hopefuls) sucking it up at Century Village's annual COOPPA Installation Dinner. Tons of judges (and challengers) were present, as was the one and only Mike Satz, escorted by the lovely Sarahnell Murphy, Mike's favorite election year prop. If anyone needed further confirmation, they got it tonight ... Satz wants more, more, more!
More bad news coming for Dale Cohen - news of the JQC complaint broke today, while another storm has been brewing from within Dale's division. Apparently, affidavits have been sworn out regarding some alleged very bad prosecutorial behavior, with referee Cohen's initial response to the whole mess being given an "F" by the Public Defender's Office. Are recusal motions on the horizon? Wait and see. We'll be following this one closely ...
Who called the cops? - the judge cops, that is. That's the topic of conversation around the courthouse, in the wake of the Cohen news. Steve Melnick told us early today in no uncertain terms that he didn't file the complaint, then asked us not to print it, and then later confirmed to the Sentinel that he wasn't the complainant (Steve also told us last summer that he wasn't bringing in the JQC). So, who made the complaint? Anyone know? Hello?
Sct Justices want six new county judges for Broward
APD Robbins will always be one hot mama.
Is that a tomato with chicken feathers in it?
That tomato w/ feathers is probably more effective than half the lawyers in town
looks like a grapefruit to me which means more serious trouble than a tomato (a pomegrante signifies a death case)
and a coconut with a cigarette in it means a VOP
I wonder who is busy doing their SANTARIA to make sure things go well for them and they keep their job.?
Pedro Dijols lost his re-election bid all by his lonesome, not the Cohens. If he could have just figured it out earlier. He was never a pop music icon, nor the caped crusader; just a broward judge.
The attempts to vilify Mardi or Dale Cohen for his being tossed by voters is not appropriate under any circumstances.
Like anybody cares what Buddy Nevins has to say about the Cohens. Nevins plays his very apparent game with his judicial favorites and tries to take credit for keeping the worst perpetrators of corruption in office. Big loser if you ask me.
Glad to see Howard Finkelstein and PD's Office is on board helping Lisa Porter. She's a good judge ... and god knows that last thing Broward needs is a second Seidman on the bench. We already have one Seidman too many. Perhaps we can be at ZERO "Judge Seidmans" after 2010!!
Best of all: a defeated judge is not permitted to come back and work as a Senior Judge.
tp 11:52 - you said it!
Micheal Satz could you finally Please tell us why Broward Co has become a cesspool of corruption on your watch?????????????? Ron Please let Mike
spin this onealll by hinm self please.
Great pictures!
Term limits for judges are not such a bad idea really. Many of the problems seen have been caused by judges that have lost sight of their duty to the citizens of this county when they tend to allow arrogance to take center stage in what has become their very public lives. Broward County continues to see the worst of it.
Voters get to ask him this question every night on the campaign trail in 2012
"Micheal Satz could you finally Please tell us why Broward Co has become a cesspool of corruption on your watch??????????????"
They should be appointed, but the JNC process needs tweaked a little in the process. You can never take politics out of appointments, but just as that idiot was reelected in Palm Beach when everyone shared the belief she was an idiot and rude, but were too afraid not to join on the endrosement bandwagon b/c she was a sitting judge. Revamp JNC and make JQC more responsive. No system is perfect, but argument that election allow you to get rid of bad judges is ridiculous because 99.9% of public have no idea and lawyers are cowards. Strenghten JQC and that will get rid of bad ones - make being an asshole on the bench a dethroning offense.
Wish we had more judges like Lisa Porter.
Just what we need. Six more county judges that don't do anything.