8:00 PM!

Election results should start posting around 8:00 PM tonight on THE BROWARD SOE WEBSITE. Whether or not the unprecedented amount of mail-in votes will impact timely reporting of the tallies is unknown at this time. There will be runoffs in November, but today’s primary will be determinative in most cases.

Who will be the new State Attorney?

The new Public Defender?

The Sheriff?

The Clerk of Court?

And new or returning judges?

WAIT AND SEE …

CLOSURE!

We’re told the courthouse will remain closed through September.

It’s unofficial and unconfirmed, but an announcement should be coming shortly … (2:45 PM)

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3:19 PM email from Monica Hofheinz to SAO personnel:

BRENDA v. BLOG UPDATE

Florida Bar Grievance Committee C finally met yesterday to decide Brenda v. Blog matters left unresolved after the abandonment of the IP Address related issues, some 645 days after the Bar received Forman’s initial complaint.

The verdict: UNKNOWN!

From an email to the Bar’s PIO earlier today:

Grievance Committe C met yesterday … has no probable cause been found in this matter?

FLORIDA BAR RULE 3-7.1 CONFIDENTIALITY deems any such finding as “public information.”

Additionally, if probable cause or some other finding has been made, please indicate.

The response:

The case is still pending at the grievance committee so there is no public information available, only the status.

And from the follow-up email:

” … when are they meeting next on this matter please?

With the final response:

“That information is not available, only the case status.”

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There you have it. After 21 months, and after the submission of exculpatory surveillance and phone video evidence, a criminal investigation into the complainant’s conduct, and Brenda’s disturbing recent meltdown, the Bar still can’t make up its mind!

Is a decision coming before or after the August 18th election?

WAIT AND SEE!

The Florida Bar Zone (5/19)