Lawsuit filed!

Unregistered · 10-30-2020, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It will be dismissed in 20 days. Clark knows it, just trying to get his name out there.

It’s probably not going to be dismissed and I’ll tell you why. The right to vote is the most fundamental of all rights. The courts frown on anything messing with the election process. If something was done wrong here, they have an obligation to fix it, and so does this so called Governor whether he likes it or not.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It will be dismissed. Clark is a sh!tty lawyer.

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And D. Covar is Israel buddy.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 01:41 AM

If Tony is removed, does that mean that Israel has a chance to come back? Seems like he’s been awfully quiet and gearing up for this. He was out at the food pantry last week with Ira. Can’t imagine all this is a coincidence? Maybe he struck a deal with Clark and the others?

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If Tony is removed, does that mean that Israel has a chance to come back? Seems like he’s been awfully quiet and gearing up for this. He was out at the food pantry last week with Ira. Can’t imagine all this is a coincidence? Maybe he struck a deal with Clark and the others?

If Tony is removed DeSantis names the next sheriff also. Special election in 2022.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 01:39 PM

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

The Republican candidate for Broward sheriff and three others filed suit Friday evening contending that incumbent Sheriff Gregory Tony, a Democrat, is apparently a convicted felon and if so is disqualified from holding office under the Florida Constitution.

With the general election upcoming Tuesday, the lawsuit threatens to throw the vote for sheriff into chaos.

The lawsuit asks a Broward judge for an immediate hearing on the matter, and to compel the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to produce “all documents in its possession relating to Tony’s criminal history and felony convictions” and also make its employees with knowledge of Tony’s criminal past available to testify. It also seeks a declaration from the court as to whether Tony’s qualification as the Democratic nominee for sheriff is proper.

FDLE has been investigating Tony since early May when Florida Bulldog reported that on Jan. 7, 2020, the sheriff signed an FDLE affidavit declaring under oath that he never had a criminal record sealed or expunged. The affidavit came to light five days after the Bulldog disclosed that Tony shot and killed a man in Philadelphia when he was a 14 years old in 1993 and that all court records about his case were sealed.

Tony has said he killed in self-defense and that he was cleared of wrongdoing at a trial in Philadelphia juvenile court. But relatives and friends of the dead man, Hector “Chino” Rodriguez, dispute Tony’s account and say it was an act of cold-blooded murder. Because the court case is sealed, the dispute continues.

A number of informed sources have said that the FDLE has obtained law enforcement records from Philadelphia documenting Tony’s youthful felonious criminal history – an alleged history that nevertheless was not until very recently reflected on the city’s criminal court dockets.

Tony twice on adult probation
The lawsuit includes as exhibits copies of two docket sheets that purport to show that as a juvenile Tony was twice on adult probation in Philadelphia, in 1992 and again in 1994. Oddly, however, the dockets do not state the charge against Tony or its disposition.

“Based on conversations with authorities from Philadelphia, the convictions and probations were for felonies,” says the lawsuit brought on behalf of Republican H. Wayne Clark, Independent Charles E. Whatley and two Democrats who ran and lost to Tony in the August primary, Al Pollock and Santiago C. Vazquez Jr.

Former Broward Sheriff Scott Israel
Notably, Tony’s closest primary opponent, former Sheriff Scott Israel, did not sign on to the lawsuit.

The suit accuses the FDLE of failing to adequately vet Tony when Gov. Ron DeSantis removed Israel and appointed Tony as sheriff shortly after being sworn in as governor in January 2019. On June 6, 2020, Florida Bulldog reported the cursory nature of the FDLE background investigation that failed to learn that Tony had killed a man or that he’d once been rejected for a police job after admitting he had used LSD.

Likewise, the suit accuses unelected Broward Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci of not enforcing the constitutional requirement that bars convicted felons from holding office. It says Antonacci failed to ask Tony to provide proof that he was acquitted of Rodriguez’s murder, and contends that Tony has refused to provide certified copies showing the disposition of the murder case as well as the two matters for which he was placed on adult probation.

Tony has not responded to Florida Bulldog’s prior requests to allow a reporter to view his Philadelphia court case.

“As a result of Tony’s actions, Antonacci’s oversight of this law and FDLE’s failure to vet and timely investigate Tony, plaintiffs, all Broward County taxpayers and qualified candidates for the Sheriff of Broward County position, have now had to expend time and resources challenging this qualification as their only recourse in the matter and will be irreparably harmed if Gregory Tony is allowed to proceed in the 2020 election,” the suit says.

The lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the case are Deerfield Beach’s Darren P. Covar and Roger W. Powell of Cooper City. Candidate Clark is also a lawyer in the case. He works for a Miami law firm.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If Tony is removed DeSantis names the next sheriff also. Special election in 2022.

Is this idiot governor smart enough to actually pick somebody qualified this time. My God.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If Tony is removed DeSantis names the next sheriff also. Special election in 2022.

It gets a little complicated, if the lawsuit is successful and Tony is shown to be a convicted felon and not eligible to hold office (alot of if's), then the plaintiffs would be granted a new democratic primary and then a new special election. This place is a mess

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It gets a little complicated, if the lawsuit is successful and Tony is shown to be a convicted felon and not eligible to hold office (alot of if's), then the plaintiffs would be granted a new democratic primary and then a new special election. This place is a mess

We will have a Republican sheriff next month either if Wayne wins or if DeSantis appoints an interim sheriff till a special election primary with a general election on Nov 1, 2022. Hopefully the gov just says the hell with it and appoints one till 2024 election.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It gets a little complicated, if the lawsuit is successful and Tony is shown to be a convicted felon and not eligible to hold office (alot of if's), then the plaintiffs would be granted a new democratic primary and then a new special election. This place is a mess

Its NOT a lot of if's. It's only ONE which is if and when the judge rules him a convicted felon. The law clearly states he cant hold an elected position. The govenor will appoint someone until special election in 2022.

Unregistered · 10-31-2020, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Its NOT a lot of if's. It's only ONE which is if and when the judge rules him a convicted felon. The law clearly states he cant hold an elected position. The govenor will appoint someone until special election in 2022.

Not 2022, Florida statute 100.111 sets the timeline