Comments on: Gunzburger Is Campaigning Again After Death Of Husband

By: Bob Adams

Bob Adams — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:19:14 +0000

I would support Sue Gunzburger regardless of who her opponent was, but Steve Geller?? No way, no how!! Keep County Commission District 6 in the halds of the people… KEEP SUE GUNZBURGER!!

By: Bob Lehrman

Bob Lehrman — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:34:44 +0000

They were not our biggest account.

By: No Coincidence

No Coincidence — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:51:32 +0000

Is it really any coincidence that Broward County was BTW’s biggest account?

I think not.

By: Bob Lehrman

Bob Lehrman — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:41:48 +0000

I was the GM for BTW and lets set the record strait. Although, we were the only manufacturer in So. Fla that used comingled plastics, there were dozens of such companies across the nation. The contract numbers appeared large, but so was the cost of manufacturing,ie repairs, payroll, utilities, etc. The profits were barely enough to sustain us and Gerry frequently had to kick in his own funds to sustain us from week to week. All that glittered was not gold!! We kept our business as far away from Sue as humanily possible to avoid even the appearance of conflict. Ive known her during her entire political life, and she is one of the most honest and dedicated politicans that there is today. No strings were ever pulled for BTW’s favor. HEr political opponents tried to make it seem that way, but it simply was not the way it happened.

By: Geller is worse

Geller is worse — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:26:03 +0000

Say what you want about Gunzberger, but Geller is a million times worse. He’s a total scumbag who was deeply involved in that Mutual Benefits $60 million viatical ponzi scheme (the scam that the feds are still criminally investigating and plan to arrest even more people soon). And Geller has been a paid lobbyist for the developers and special interests for years. Like I said, he’s a total scumbag!!

By: Ooops

Ooops — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:48:46 +0000

Ooops Sue. memory failing or your nose is growing. Which one?

By: Hollywood Voter

Hollywood Voter — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:21:38 +0000

I don’t know anything about Mr. Geller,however I know I am not a fan of Mrs. Gunzburger. She is a member of our synagogue and she holds herself above everybody else which is not an attribute for a politician. I am very sorry about her husband. However, I can not vote for her again.

By: Geller vs Wasserman Rubin

Geller vs Wasserman Rubin — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:46:39 +0000

Sue wants Geller to run against Diana Wasserman Rubin and would likely endorse him if he did.

By: Sue Gunzburger

Sue Gunzburger — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:38:25 +0000

Shame on you “Go Sue if Wrong.” You know what you wrote simply is false. You even forgot to mention that Gerry’s contract with the County was awarded well before I was ever elected to the Commission. By the time his former company won a second sealed competitive bid/low bid contract after I was elected, he had already sold it to a New York firm. Like I said: shame on you for lying.

FROM BUDDY: “I believe Sue Gunzburger’s memory is incomplete. Just to make the record clear, here is a portion of a Sun-Sentinel article from 1999 on Gunzburger’s Better Than Wood sales to the county:

BTW was awarded its first contract in late 1992, just before Sue Gunzburger was elected to the County Commission.

She was already the heavy favorite to win. That three-year contract earned about $137,000 for the firm.

At the same time, the firm won a contract to do at least $500,000 in work at the Anne Kolb Nature Center for a boardwalk and observation tower.

When Gerald Gunzburger’s contract expired, (American Recycled Plastics’ Michael) Hazlett’s company won the county contract for recycled plastic through 1997.

But in 1997, Hazlett’s company lost the contract and BTW was picked after Gerald Gunzburger wrote a letter encouraging the county to change its bid specifications.

American Recycled made products using only milk jugs and other high-density plastic. BTW uses co-mingled recycled items, mixing every kind and color of plastic product into its lumber.

Gerald Gunzburger wrote county purchasing officials that a co-mingled product like his firm makes “usually has more strength and rigidity than ] lumber made using only polyethylene.”

The county staff changed the bid specifications to allow co-mingled plastic. This gave BTW a significant advantage, since its co-mingled products are substantially cheaper. That’s because when manufacturing co-mingled recycled plastic, BTW does not have to pay for the trash to be sorted.

BTW is the only company making co-mingled plastic in South Florida. With the new specifications allowing its cheaper product, BTW won the new two-year county contract in 1997, underbidding the closest competitor by almost $300,000.

Hazlett filed a formal bid protest, alleging that the bids were rigged because of the change in bid specifications and that Gerald Gunzburger’s firm had a conflict of interest because of his wife’s position.

Glenn Cummings, the county’s purchasing director, rejected the protest.

By: GoSue is Wrong

GoSue is Wrong — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:02:27 +0000

Go Sue is wrong. Sue Gunzburger’s late husband made a fortune selling bus benches to the county. If that is not “being bought,” I don’t know what is.