PBA's Lousy Representation

I'm sure you all haven't noticed, because it's not something that the Coastal Florida PBA will brag about on their website, but they just lost ANOTHER unfair labor practice that they filed, this one against the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. Was this filed by Maria or their new labor attorney Val Shealey? No, it was filed by staff rep Johnny D. Bingham, and promptly thrown out by the PERC General Counsel Steve Meck for among other reasons, Johnny not citing to the proper law (and citing to the contract, rather than the law) in his unfair labor practice charge and for NOT INCLUDING A COPY OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT with his unfair labor practice charge.

http://perc.myflorida.com/co/orderResul ... &Prefix=CA

Case number 2008-CA-066, Coastal Florida PBA v. Flagler County Sheriff's Office, dismissed in two days. So how's that PBA representation tasting now folks?

PBA just fired their executive director Nate Ingram. I guess he wasn't cutting the mustard, but I've heard various things about why he got the axe. PBA sucks, can't organize and I hear a bunch of bargaining units like St. Lucie Co. Sheriff's Office and a Brevard County civilian unit are looking to leave them. I know they tried to organize Seminole Co. SO, but Eslinger put a stop to that right quick.

Yeah, they couldn't organize Seminole Co. SO or Putnam Co. SO or any other big unit that they were bragging about because they fired the only guy who actually had any experience as a union organizer. It seems that having experience in your job is not something that PBA looks for when they hire staff members as they just promoted that guy Bingham to be Nate Ingram's replacement as Executive Director. The same guy that screwed up that ULP and from what I understand has no experience running a labor union. Crazy.

I heard Nate got fired because he lied about his background or on his resume or application or something and that he couldn't organize any units.

So are you tired of carrying the PBA along yet? If you're not by now, you will be after the Ft. Pierce PD leaves the PBA, just like Port St. Lucie PD did to join IUPA and just like the St. Lucie County S.O. is getting ready to do as well. Check out the PERC website and see that IUPA filed an R/C petition to take over Ft. Pierce PD:

RC09024 - International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO vs. City of Fort Pierce vs. Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc.

And yet, the lies from Vince Champion keep on coming via this latest B.S. blast on the CFPBA website. They don't have any real news to report, so Vince has to lie:

Dear Friends:

As Spring rolls forward things have never been busier at your PBA & PEA. Soon we will have exciting announcements about new units coming on board and it gives me great personal pride to inform you that we are expanding our membership each day, despite an economy that has adversely affected us all. That’s the good news.

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Best Regards,


Vincent L. Champion, President
Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association
Coastal Florida Public Employees Association

The problem with your lies Vince is that they're all so easy to check out and pick apart. You and the PBA/PEA have not filed an R/C petition in OVER ONE YEAR:

RC08007 - Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc. vs. City of Port Orange
Filed on 2/12/08.

So how exactly are you expanding your membership each day? Certainly not by gaining the Jacksonville city workers unit that Nate Ingram promised. Certainly not by gaining the Putnam County S.O., another Nate promise. Certainly by not having Johnny Bingham out there actually organizing units like you and your lackeys said he was so good at right Vince? I know you won't respond to this Vince, because you can't handle the truth and you don't have any way to spin this into more of your lies.

So what about it folks? Tired of carrying Vince and his pathetic excuse for a union on your back? Tired of forking over your hard earned money to pay dues to belong to a union that is shrinking smaller and smaller every day? If so, then come on over to the FOP, a large union with real political power to protect you and your job in these tight economic times.

Ft Pierce P.D. voted out the PBA and voted IUPA in.

Vince Champion strikes again...retaining a totally unqualified attorney to represent the membership of the PBA:

Vince has decided to retain Daytona Beach attorney Steven Delaroche as a replacement for the last superstar attorney Val Shealey. As you'll note from Delaroche's website, he doesn't have labor law experience either, rather he touts his experience in criminal, business and family law:

http://www.delaroche-law.com/

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Not only that, but Delaroche is a former judge who was being investigated by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission for fixing traffic tickets for his family members and friends and was charged with lying under oath before the JQC. He resigned his judgeship rather than undergo a hearing on the ticket fixing and lying charges. Pretty pathetic hire there Vince, but just par for the course for you.

Check out Delaroche on the JQC website at:

http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/jqc.shtml

Click on the JQC archives link in the middle of the page and it will bring you to a list of judges who were being disciplined. Delaroche is on the list and if you click on his docket number, 06-1376, you'll see a list of filings in the case and the charges against Delaroche, including lying under oath before the commission as well as his decision to resign his judgeship.

Coastal Florida PBA losses another representation election to IUPA. The St. Lucie Sheriff's Department Road Deputies voted as follows: IUPA - 131 No union - 15 CFLPBA - 9 OUCH!!

Vince Champion strikes again...retaining a totally unqualified attorney to represent the membership of the PBA:

Vince has decided to retain Daytona Beach attorney Steven Delaroche as a replacement for the last superstar attorney Val Shealey. As you'll note from Delaroche's website, he doesn't have labor law experience either, rather he touts his experience in criminal, business and family law:

http://www.delaroche-law.com/

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Not only that, but Delaroche is a former judge who was being investigated by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission for fixing traffic tickets for his family members and friends and was charged with lying under oath before the JQC. He resigned his judgeship rather than undergo a hearing on the ticket fixing and lying charges. Pretty pathetic hire there Vince, but just par for the course for you.

Check out Delaroche on the JQC website at:

http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/pub_info/jqc.shtml

Click on the JQC archives link in the middle of the page and it will bring you to a list of judges who were being disciplined. Delaroche is on the list and if you click on his docket number, 06-1376, you'll see a list of filings in the case and the charges against Delaroche, including lying under oath before the commission as well as his decision to resign his judgeship.

At least VInce was smart enough to get rid of Gregg Brennan when he did. Worst lawyer PBA has EVER had. So glad he's gone!

Yeah, and he was dumb enough to hire back Maria Kazouris, who was so stupid she'd lose grievances because she couldn't keep track of the days in which to file them. He was also dumb enough to hire Adam Alvarez, who was the dumbest thing on two legs, and I'm including chimpanzees, gorillas and Little Scotty because all of them occasionally walk on two legs. Ask Katie Bash or Vicki Peppin how great Alvarez was. I think both of them are cleaning toilets somewhere after Alvarez couldn't get them their jobs back. Vince was stupid enough to hire Val Shealey, who actually made a living suing cops for alleged police misconduct and harassment, but who'd never even read a collective baragaining agreement, let alone negotiated one. Great move Vince! Geez..and let's not for get the moldy oldies like Desmond Jordan, who if you could get him on the phone would tell you that your grievances never had any merit because he was too lazy to do any work. Mike Hines, that fat goof who couldn't find his ass with both hands and a map and Hal Johnson to point him in the right direction.

And let's not forget the stellar hiring decisions Vince Champion made for executive director. Number one, he kept that fat, child molesting son of a ***** McGuire around for far too long, and after McGuire finally got caught, he hired Nate Ingram who was so dumb he couldn't figure out which hand to wipe his ass with, and now his puppet Johnny Bingham who's sole qualification for the job is that he's Vince's buddy. Pathetic!

Good post, but you also left out Bernie Feldman. Vince hired him as an attorney, apparently without checking on his background, because if he would he'd have found out that Feldman has been disbarred in Michigan. And Vince Champion hired him anyway! And Feldman was like all the rest, a complete incompetent...but who's the bigger incompetent, the lawyer or the guy who hired him in the first place? Feldman wound up getting disbarred in Florida due to his disbarment in Michigan and once again Vince Champion had to scrounge around for yet another attorney to hire, and pulled one out of the reject bin by hiring Mike Hines.

Yeah, the same Mike Hines who represented that child molester Pat McGuire in McGuire's suit against the PBA for unlawful termination. A suit the PBA wound up settling after giving it to Kazouris because they fired Cindy Elton's husband, who was a board certified civil trial lawyer. Yet another brilliant move by Vince Champion!

So how about it Oviedo? Getting pretty lonley at the Coastal Florida PBA isn't it? The Coastal Florida PBA, a union so pathetic they don't even represent the two largest police agencies in their own county where they're headquartered: Volusia Co. SO and Daytona Beach PD. Instead, they represent the little scraps, like Holly Hill PD, Port Orange PD and of course, Vince's own Ormond Beach PD. Once Brevard County SO wises up and leaves the CFPBA, they'll be done. Are you going to wait around on the deck of the Titanic while it slips beneath the waves, or are you going to jump into a lifeboat...the Fraternal Order of Police!

Good post, but you also left out Bernie Feldman. Vince hired him as an attorney, apparently without checking on his background, because if he would he'd have found out that Feldman has been disbarred in Michigan. And Vince Champion hired him anyway! And Feldman was like all the rest, a complete incompetent...but who's the bigger incompetent, the lawyer or the guy who hired him in the first place? Feldman wound up getting disbarred in Florida due to his disbarment in Michigan and once again Vince Champion had to scrounge around for yet another attorney to hire, and pulled one out of the reject bin by hiring Mike Hines.

Yeah, the same Mike Hines who represented that child molester Pat McGuire in McGuire's suit against the PBA for unlawful termination. A suit the PBA wound up settling after giving it to Kazouris because they fired Cindy Elton's husband, who was a board certified civil trial lawyer. Yet another brilliant move by Vince Champion!

So how about it Oviedo? Getting pretty lonley at the Coastal Florida PBA isn't it? The Coastal Florida PBA, a union so pathetic they don't even represent the two largest police agencies in their own county where they're headquartered: Volusia Co. SO and Daytona Beach PD. Instead, they represent the little scraps, like Holly Hill PD, Port Orange PD and of course, Vince's own Ormond Beach PD. Once Brevard County SO wises up and leaves the CFPBA, they'll be done. Are you going to wait around on the deck of the Titanic while it slips beneath the waves, or are you going to jump into a lifeboat...the Fraternal Order of Police!


Hey, bottom line, at least Gregg Brennan is long gone. Probably the worst attorney CFPBA ever had. Whew! Glad those days are over. That guy sucked big time!!!

Looks like the Puppet Master Vince Champion cut his puppet's strings and dumped Crony Bingham, Johnny the Puppet, from his position as executive director. Hmmmm...could it be because under Johnny's watch the pathetic Coastal Florida PBA has lost yet another large bargaining unit in the St. Lucie County deputies?

Hey Vince, why don't you hire Little Scotty's best butt buddy Adam Alvarez to come back and be your executive director? While he's an absolute moron, at least he's smarter than Nate Ingram (no great feat there for sure), and as a boot-licking toady he'll fit right into Crony's old puppet strings. Or maybe you're waiting for your real buddy, ole Molester McGuire to get out of the slammer so you can give him his old job back?

Have fun running your pathetic little union Vince, cause that's the only job you're ever going to have. Forget your pipe dream of becoming a state rep because I'm sure your opponents will have a lot to work with with your incompetent running of this lame-ass "union".

Coastal Florida PBA is a joke. I'm glad I don't waste my money paying dues to those losers.

Call Jeff at IUPA and dump the PBA it will be the best move you ever made. 941-313-0030

Coastal Florida PBA is a joke. I'm glad I don't waste my money paying dues to those losers.


You're a smart man (or woman). PERC case number UC-2010-001, Coastal Florida PEA v. City of Port St. Lucie. Vincent L. Champion listed as the representative for the petitioner. Vince tried to include a pre-existing supervisor position in a NON-SUPERVISORY bargaining unit.

This moron can't even get the basics of labor law straight. Supervisory conflict? Ring a bell, ding-a-ling? Ultimately PERC shot him down by pointing out that the position he was trying to include was around when the unit was created and that he didn't point out what, if anything, had changed with regards to that classification. PERC ordered him to show cause why his petition shouldn't be dismissed, and of course Ding-a-Ling Vince didn't bother to file a response and the case was dismissed on February 16, 2010.

So what do you think folks? Think the Coastal Florida PBA/PEA is the group that can competently represent you and your interests at this point in time where cities and counties are squeezing every nickel and public safety is no sacred cow anymore? If you're not sure anymore, come on over to a professional union that will represent you and your interests, the Fraternal Order of Police!

Yeah, and he was dumb enough to hire back Maria Kazouris, who was so stupid she'd lose grievances because she couldn't keep track of the days in which to file them. He was also dumb enough to hire Adam Alvarez, who was the dumbest thing on two legs, and I'm including chimpanzees, gorillas and Little Scotty because all of them occasionally walk on two legs. Ask Katie Bash or Vicki Peppin how great Alvarez was. I think both of them are cleaning toilets somewhere after Alvarez couldn't get them their jobs back. Vince was stupid enough to hire Val Shealey, who actually made a living suing cops for alleged police misconduct and harassment, but who'd never even read a collective baragaining agreement, let alone negotiated one. Great move Vince! Geez..and let's not for get the moldy oldies like Desmond Jordan, who if you could get him on the phone would tell you that your grievances never had any merit because he was too lazy to do any work. Mike Hines, that fat goof who couldn't find his ass with both hands and a map and Hal Johnson to point him in the right direction.

And let's not forget the stellar hiring decisions Vince Champion made for executive director. Number one, he kept that fat, child molesting son of a ***** McGuire around for far too long, and after McGuire finally got caught, he hired Nate Ingram who was so dumb he couldn't figure out which hand to wipe his ass with, and now his puppet Johnny Bingham who's sole qualification for the job is that he's Vince's buddy. Pathetic!


And Vince Champion keeps right on rolling along with the crappy hires in the "legal department". Check out the PBA's new general counsel, a woman who has been a member of the Florida bar for all of six years and who's last job was....wait for it...a civil conflict attorney doing dependency work! No, not a labor lawyer, a family law attorney! Great move Vince! How many CBA's has Ms. Stern negotiated? How many contractual grievances has she arbitrated? Apparently her only labor law experience was as a "law clerk" with the PENNSYLVANIA department of labor. A law clerk! Not even a lawyer, but a clerk! And in another state! What does she know about Florida public employee law under 447? I'll bet you not a damn thing!

And let's not forget the PBA's new "staff attorney" Ms. Tyree, who's so green the ink is still drying on her law license as she was admitted to the bar less than six months ago. Apparently her extensive labor law experience consists of...wait for it....NOTHING! She was an associate at Ables, Baldwin and Associates...and if you view their firm's website, you'll find that they specialize in things such as: real estate law, business law, collections, probate, and wills & estates. No labor law at all! Ms. Tyree was a law clerk for a probate judge as well, so she'll be the one responsible for filling out that crappy form will the PBA provides to you as a "benefit".

More underhiring by Vince Champion. I don't know how you can let the man remain as president of an organization when he can't even fulfill the simple task of hiring competent people to work for you. Keep throwing your dues money down the drain as you're sitting there before your IA Lieutenant with Ms. Probate Law sitting beside you. Pathetic Vince.

How do you know that I am Gregg Brennan? I could be any one of the hundred employees that Vince has run through over the years, like Johnny Bingham or Val Shealey. Or I could be a current or former union member who is sickened by the incompetent manner in which Vince Champion has run the Coastal Florida PBA into the ground, which he continues to do as he hired some attorney named David Glasser to file the ULP against the City of Port Orange. As usual it was denied by the PERC general counsel and that's really not surprising because Glasser is another incompetent who got slapped down by a federal court judge and ordered to read the rules of civil procedure when he filed an incredibly incompetent pleading in a federal court case. Check out the link here:

http://abovethelaw.com/2009/09/benchsla ... -----frcp/ (http://abovethelaw.com/2009/09/benchslap-judge-orders-local-attorney-to-re-read-----frcp/)

Ouch. Pretty bad when a judge calls you "unprofessional" and your pleadings "incomprehensible". But that didn't stop Vince from hiring David W. Glasser to file a ULP on behalf of the CFPBA. What's even worse is that Vince didn't even trust his new "general counsel" and "staff attorney" to handle the matter themselves. Check it out folks, CA-2010-024, CFPBA v. City of Port Orange, dismissed by PERC in three days. Good job Vince!

Too bad you can't do anything other than make personal attacks rather than explaining what made Brennan so bad, it hurts your case Scotty. At least there are those of us out here offering concrete examples of what makes Vince Champion an incompetent moron who isn't fit to be the chief of a one-man indian tribe, let alone president of a third-rate, powerless union.

In case you all were thinking that Vince Champion actually cares about using your dues money and the staff at the Coastal Florida PBA that that money pays for to actually represent and support you, think again. That scumbag Vince is continuing to use Coastal Florida PBA staff to help him in his campaign for the state house.

Vince had Carroll Scanlon notarize his financial disclosure form for him that the had to file with the Florida Division of Elections. Check for yourself by going to:

http://doe.dos.state.fl.us/PublicRecord ... ount=50435 (http://doe.dos.state.fl.us/PublicRecordsBER/wfPublicImagesBER.aspx?account=50435)

Click on the financial disclosure link and you'll pull up a PDF file copy of Vince's financial disclosure form. Other than showing his bloated salary coming from CFPBA, Florida PBA and NAGE, and the fact that he's almost upside down on his home mortgage, the second page shows Vince's signature and Scanlon's notary stamp and signature.

So how long are you going to let Vince Champion use your dues money for his own personal gain? Don't wait another minute, drop your PBA membership now!

PLEASE VOTE FOR VINCE CHAMPION DISTRCT 26... VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN... GIVE A GREAT MAN A CHANCE TO HELP DISTRICT 26 AND FLORIDA. VOTE FOR VINCE CHAMPION

PLEASE VOTE FOR VINCE CHAMPION DISTRCT 26... VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN... GIVE A GREAT MAN A CHANCE TO HELP DISTRICT 26 AND FLORIDA. VOTE FOR VINCE CHAMPION


Oviedo's not in District 26 dumbass. Vince Champion's a scumbag anyway and there's no way I'd vote for him.

Thats CORRECT sir Oviedo is NOT in 26. But who really cares about Oviedo. Little town USA. Where is Oviedo anyways? Vince is a great leader and was a great cop! Stop being a loser. Go blog on www.pokemon.com you dork!

Thats CORRECT sir Oviedo is NOT in 26. But who really cares about Oviedo. Little town USA. Where is Oviedo anyways? Vince is a great leader and was a great cop! Stop being a loser. Go blog on www.pokemon.com (http://www.pokemon.com) you dork!


LOL...well your great leader lost his bid for election, by over 20 points to Fred Costello. Guess that scumbag can't win an election that he can't rig. Keep supporting Vince Champion and his losing ways and it'll be clear who the real loser is. LOL.

I agree, next election is Mike S. for the City of Ormond Beach board. So now they can use your money for that one. On another note, I know Johnny. If any of you want to know whats really going on at Coastal, call him. Its my understanding that he was let go because he was going to the BOD with whats goes on there. Stay Safe

Johnny Bingham was let go because he was about to blow the whistle on Vince Champion's shady dealings, and the fact that among other things he was using Carroll Scanlon and Mike Scudiero, who are being paid with our dues money, to work on his now failed political campaign. Johnny wrote a letter to the BOD and I got a copy of it. Here it is:

Dear Board of Directors;

First I would like to say I was not the subject of any investigation and I did nothing wrong. As you know I was terminated by Vince Champion on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 1200 hours (letter attached) for refusing to sign a policy reference confidentiality of the CFPBA/PEA (policy attached). As you can see this policy would have made it impossible for me to bring to your attention the following issues:

12/03/2009: Vince called me in reference to the upcoming budget for the 2010 calendar year. After a long conversation, I agreed to a $12,000.00 pay cut, a weekly schedule for 4 days, a one week increase to my vacation time (4 weeks total) and effective 01/01/2010 I would no longer be your Executive Director. No other employees were asked to take any loss to current benefits.

12/05/2009: Just prior to the BOD meeting John Jakovenko came to me and asked if I was ok with all the changes in the office? I replied no and we talked for a few minutes. It was agreed that I would call Jakovenko on Monday to talk further about this issues.

12/05/2009: Board of Directors meeting held with the approval of the 2010 budget (no mention to the board of the $12,000.00 savings or the fact that Vince will now be the President/Executive Director).

12/30/2009: I was meeting with Randy May at work to drop off calendars for the 2010 year. When meeting with Randy he asked several questions as to what’s going on and I answered. He asked that I give the E-board the opportunity to look into and fix any problems before I took action myself, I agreed.

01/09/2010: I received a call from Leo Niemczyk, he stated that the E-board met the night before and he was picked to open an investigation into what was going on at the office. Vince Champion and Mike Scudiero were the subjects of this investigation.

01/11/2010: I met with Leo, the following the items we discussed:

• I advised Leo that Vince was working on his campaign during business hours

• I advised Leo that Mike Scudiero also works on Vince’s campaign during business hours

• There was additional talk in reference to favoritism for Mike and Carroll (additional days off, additional pay raises and mistakes being made with no action taken by Vince). Along with inter office issues causing interruptions and poor decisions to be made.

• The last was my concerns about the overall management of the Association and the direction we were headed.

Leo also met with Carroll, Lara and Mike. Leo obtained from Carroll a 2009 rq (case) assignment list and the calendars from online.

01/21/2010: The E-board met at Vince’s house to discuss the findings of the investigation. It was confirmed by Leo all issues brought to his attention were happening and there was just cause to sustain the allegations. The E-board made the decision that Vince and Mike could no longer work on his campaign and Vince could not use the PBA car for his campaign anymore.
Mike was also to receive a written reprimand for his improper internet usage. They also said Vince is to advise Carroll to attend to her job and her job only. No other action taken.

01/22/2010: I receive an invite to a scheduled E-board meeting to be held on 01/26/2010 at the home office.

01/26/2010: Meeting with E-board, attending was Vince Champion, John Jakovenko, Randy May and Marlon Buggs (Leo was unavailable to attend). I was advised of the above actions to be taken by the E-board. I was also advised that effective 02/01/2010 I would be back to my old position of Staff Rep. I would no longer work 4 days a week; that I will be working 5 days a week. I would also be taking another $12,000.00 pay cut (no other employee was given a pay cut). In addition I would be required to sign the attached policy.

I then advised the E-board that I would be unable to sign the policy because I was taking my concerns to the Board of Directors. The policy clearly stated “therefore it is not tolerable to discuss Association business with anyone who does not work here”. The Board of directors do not work for the CFPBA/PEA therefore I would not be able to bring anything to their attention without violating said policy. The E-board at the meeting said they will let the BOD know at the next meeting (March). I felt that was too long to wait.

After a long meeting the E-board took a 15 minute break and upon returning Scott Pikus presented me with the letter terminating me at 1200 hours and he stated that it is now 1201.

Side Notes: During the investigations Vince’s calendar disappeared and the CFPBA called the IT guy to try and recover it. It was not recovered until 01/25/2010 and at the meeting on the 26th Scott Pikus stated that Vince’s calendar showed 21 personal campaign events in the last 6 months. The calendar was not shown to me so I was unable to confirm this. All calendars are online at the office and can be accessed be any employee but only altered or deleted by Carroll, Lara or who calendar it is.

Mike’s calendar given to Leo had printed events and hand written events on it. When Leo asked Carroll why, she stated that she was unsure what happened. Some events printed and some did not so she wrote them in.

Last I would like to address the email you received yesterday from Carroll regarding staff changes.

• Why did it take 2 days for you to be notified of my termination? The email clearly stated “effective today” the attached letter from Vince states 01/26/2010 @ 1200 hours”

• Any information you have received from me is true and can be confirmed either through the email system or Leo’s investigation.

• Misinformation you might receive, supposed internal problems. The email clearly misleads you to believe that somehow I was possible investigated and my termination was the result. Clearly I felt it more important for the BOD to know the issues then to protect myself and my job.

• Lastly “highest respect for its dues-paying members” using CFPBA/PEA resources for a personal campaign is not respect.

Let me close with, I felt these issues were important enough to bring to your attention. I hope each of you look into what’s happening at your Union. The recent lose of Ft. Pierce Officer’s unit and St Lucie County S.O. (road), poor decision making and new movement by the FOP to take some of our units including Ormond Beach. The by-laws state that only the Board of Directors govern the President and only you can make the changes that need to be made.

I thank you for your time and really enjoyed my time helping the members and getting to meet all of you. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if I can help you in anyway.


Thank you and good luck




Johnny Bingham

Vince's old p.d., Ormond Beach, just voted to dump him and the Coastal Florida PBA, 50-5. Geez, that's pretty sad when you can't even keep a unit you used to be a part of, isn't it Vince?

CFPBA lost their bid to get tiny little Melbourne Beach too. Seems nobody wants to join Vince and his toadies.

Well Vince Champion has been proven to be a loser yet again. He and his little buddy D'Anthony Shamar tried to get Sanford PD away from FOP. Didn't happen and it wasn't even close: 92-12 in favor of FOP. At least Vince had his little paralawyer Tyree there to observe the vote. I guess she wasn't busy screwing up ULP's or filling out those crappy form wills for the membership, so maybe she learned a little something about public employee labor law.

Good job Vince, not only are you losing the bargaining units you used to have, you can't supplant FOP or IUPA in the ones that they have. I guess the Sanford guys must have heard about how you couldn't even hold onto your own former unit Vince. Can't blame them for not wanting to be associated with a loser like you and the Coastal Florida Pathetic Benevolent Association.

See for yourself folks: CFPBA v. City of Sanford v. FOP, PERC case no: EL-2010-044.

Some group made a website to really expose steve delaroche
I came across it on a google search and it is packed with all the details on this lawyers misconduct and his history of being dishonest. The website is http://stevendelaroche.com/

other folks I talked to said this lawyer really sucks and probably cheated his way through law school

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I want to help you but I often go by public transport and taxi so I have no idea for your situation

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Why members hate PBA and support IUPA
Why members hate PBA and support IUPA

This story involves Broward PBA but as we have seen it doesn’t Matter whether it Miami Dade, Broward, or any other county within the state, the PBA is still the same organization with sub sections.

As we know, PBA was kicked out of BSO and then made a run after them again, only to lose even worse than when they first jumped ship. Well, ever since, the PBA has tried to mettle in their affairs anyway.
Specifically, with Sheriff Tony. The PBA has openly praised and supported Tony even though the troops are with IUPA and dislike him. In fact, the IUPA President Jeff Bell initially paid a price for defending his members but he will win out in the end. Nonetheless, it was a price he was willing to make.
Since then, IUPA has done extensive research and found out that Tony, while a juvenile in Philadelphia, killed another with a firearm. Tony never disclosed this when he applied to Coral Springs PD nor to Governor DeSantis. Tony also had issues with writing bad checks. And, most recently it was discovered that he was photographed, with his wife, at Bliss swingers Club.
The moral of that story is don’t mess with IUPA.

Then the PBA has endorsed a Josh Rydell for State Attorney. Don’t know much about the guy but Rydell has been posting his great desire to indict police officers. Other candidates for SA have been pro-police, including a guy named Rossman, who is related to a long line of distinguished cop family from MDPD, but PBA chose the anti-police candidate just the same.

Members are in an uproar over these crazy unexplainable decisions. Remember, we began with, the story related here is in Broward County. But, the same can be said about any other county within the state. And, that’s why members are looking to Leave the PBA in record numbers and are choosing IUPA, or in some smaller cases FOP. Bottom line is they want out from the PBA.

Stay safe brothers and sisters. Take care of one another and support pro-cop politicians over all others, and pro-cop unions, like IUPA, over all others.