And, while we’re at it, why don’t we get to the real lesson of the Scott Rothstein/RRA ponzi scheme scandal. Rothstein donated maybe $7,500 to Gunzburger …… and it apparently had zero effect on her votes on the commission. So, pissed off at Gunzburger for actually being un-buyable, he dumps $50,000 into Steve Geller’s campaign knowing this is a guy who once you buy, he stays bought for you. In fact, Geller got the tainted ponzi money, dropped to his knees and puckered up, and loudly declared Rothstein to be his “Jewish Avenger” superhero. Add to that Geller’s close ties to other ponzi pal Joel Steigner/Mutual Benefits, and Geller’s endorsements from Joe Eggelletion and Bev Gallagher, and you know what you’re getting if you Geller is elected: one big fat scandal in the making. Just you wait!!!!

If my job and income was dependent upon political favors to my mom, I’d consider it a “step backward” to have her replaced by Steve Geller as well. If it wasn’t for political cronyism, NONE of the GONESburger children would have jobs, but there they are (or in sis’s case “were”), feeding off the taxpayers and then you have the nerve to accuse the other commissioners of being “influence peddlers”??? Sue’s been the most blatent influence peddler of them all! At least the others go through a pretense but Sue just says “Hire my son…pay my daughter a salary while she calls in sick and parties on the beach…give a gazillion dollar plastics contract to my husband…”

That’s like dropping a big stinky duece on our kitchen table, then rubbing our faces in it to boot!

If the GONESburger family doesn’t fail GOPapa’s “sniff test”, it’s only because they walk around with their noses stuck so high in the hair. Sue has NOTHING in common with average people and never will.

I welcome a tight ethical scrutiny in that commission race because she’ll be the one being exposed as a fraud. Then she and the kids can go find REAL jobs, but out in the private sector.

Kristin Jacobs has the courage to state the truth and to her I applaud such guts. Surely she is and will continue to be deemed a pariah. Good for you Kristin, you are far from a pariah in my book. I believe you are one of the only electeds on that board with a pure mission. Keep up the good work and shine light in the darkest corners of the commission.

Now that the methods and the language have been decoded, the only thing left for the “Machine” is angst and arrogance. Now they will use both on a scale unseen to date to attempt to re-disguise the status quo with some very heavily wordsmithed policy rewrites, but missing the all-important teeth of enforcement. And that will suit the local judicial just fine. They like “loose” and “sloppy” business practices because it keeps them from pursuing “criminality.”

I truly hope that, in the words of Jesus Jones, “right here, right now…watching the world wake up from history.”

There are two choices right here, right now…people re-establish an interest and control of the government we freely choose or watch Rome burn again. The moon already knows how this will end, it has seen this repeatedly. Will we respect or ignore history. Yes, it is that deep and wide for us to consider.

I believe those pillaging the system for their own gain are committing treason. They are contributing to the downfall of a great social experiment that has survived far longer than its earliest critics. Now we have to prove those critics wrong. Are we up to the task???

So Sue has one four year term left that starts in November 2010 and expires in 2014. But because of staggering of terms, some commissioners ended up getting two more years I believe. None got less than 12 total years.

There’s now reason to believe that term limits, as established in the Broward charter, may be unconstitutional. Legal challenges elsewhere in the state have been successful and it’s only a matter of time before it gets challenged in Broward. Several government lawyers I’ve spoken to agree. All that has to happen is for one plaintiff with standing to come forward and file a case and the Broward County term limits go away.

Tallahassee is very much aware of this fact and, as a counter measure, a bill is now floating around in Tallahassee, interestingly enough, that would expand term limits for State Legislators (chutzpah) and establish term limits on all local officials (double chutzpah).

This bill is a shameless partisan attempt by the majority party to stay in power no matter if voter mood statewide is shifting to the left.

Make no mistake. They might as well call it the “Keep Republicans in Office” bill.

When it suited Republican interests, they were the darlings of term limits. Now that it works against them, they want to undo term limits for themselves while imposing it on others whether those voters want local term limits or not. It is shameless.

That bill, and any attempt like it, should sink back to the bottom of the pit from which it came. If local officials are to be given term limits, that’s a matter for local voters to decide, not some partisan statutory political maneuver.

Broward, of all places statewise, was able to put term limits on the ballot eight years ago for county officials. That proves that no Florida locality needs a patronizing state telling them by statute how to handle local affairs. What the hell ever become of local home rule in the constitution?

The State of Florida has become one of the worst run states in America under the leadership of this group. Instead of constantly trying to mess with cities and counties, they should do their own job and pay attention to statewide issues. That should keep them plenty busy.

“Mom’s” continuing attempts to cast blame and conflicts away from herself merely magnifies the lack of accomplishments she has to show for her 18 years on the commission.

How is it, by the way, that commissioners are limited to 12 years of service and after 18 years “mom” can still run for another 4 year term?

Banning spouses probably would be challenged on first amendment grounds