BOGEN ON TUTER

Mark Bogen, the County Commissioner sponsoring the Jack Tuter courtroom naming proposal, took the time to speak with us a few minutes ago.

He believes the Chief Judge deserves the honor because he has had an outstanding legal career, has done a great job as Chief Judge, and as the main engine in getting the Ceremonial Courtroom built, deserves to have it named after him.

Bogen stated he has never appeared before Tuter as an attorney, and that his law firm, Bogen Law Group, has no pending cases with Tuter presiding. Additionally, when asked why an exception would be made to the Broward County Administrative Code to name it after a living person, Bogen pointed out that the Commission has recently made other exceptions to the traditional naming policy to allow honors for living persons, indicating this is hardly a novel idea.

When asked whether the buck stops with Tuter as the Chief Judge of a circuit with so many highly publicized problems over the years, and, more specifically, as to whether the boss of the 17th Circuit bears any blame or responsibility for the egregious lockdown conditions inmates are still enduring due to the extended closures of the criminal courts and the lack of more than three in-custody dedicated Zoom links roughly fifteen months into the pandemic, Bogen stated he doesn’t have enough facts on these issues, but doesn’t believe Tuter deserves the criticism, and that blame shouldn’t be put on him for these types of problems.

So there you have it.

Stay tuned for public comment at the upcoming County Commission meetings …

32 thoughts on “BOGEN ON TUTER”

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    Um, if he’d had a so called outstanding legal career, why’d he go for a judgeship? His disclosures as I remember show he doesn’t have much financial resources. Unless he gave it all away, of course.

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    Who is to blame for not transferring out of criminal Scherer and McCarthy.

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    Hey Chief when they name something for you make sure they don’t use the Dollar Store glue

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    Plaster the names of a bunch of Gays, Blacks, Jews, Irish and Cubans over anything you want…….I’ll still be the king

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      I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THE BIT ABOUT AN OUTSTANDING LEGAL CAREER
      BUT I LIKE IT

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        outstanding definition: having the man you work for putting you on the bench

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          WE WERE TOLD TO MEET BEFORE THE COURTHOUSE REOPENS IN THE NEW TOOTY CRIB

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          No doubt to cut loose dead weight. When they cant make it in business, its off to politics to get the public to pay the loser’s way. Tuter certainly has never had what could be considered any kind a stellar legal career. For most of it he’s mooched off the public dime and done a poor job of pulling his own weight.

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    We got our butts shot off in Vietnam and never missed a day of court and never asked for anything

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    Wee got our butts shot off in Vietnam and never missed a day of court and never asked for anything

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      That’s not lettuce on his uniform. It’s not a bathrobe he’s wearing. It’s called achievement. The kind of thing naming rights go along with everywhere but Bathroom County. Floriduh.

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    THE TOOTY ROOM IS A PLACE TO MEET AND EAT ONE’S VENDING MACHINE SANDWICH AND DRINK VENDING MACHINE COFFEE

    LET’S MEET IN THE TOOTY ROOM

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      Hmmmm he can get a giant monument built to himself, but no cafeteria for staff and jurors????

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      Maybe Jeffy and the rest of the boys on the payroll can write a suckbutt letter to the Sentinel Mikey.

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    I couldn’t get Babyback elected judge either. Pop goes another weaseling little Broward Judge who sucked it for all its worth, came back and tried to suck at it again, and now can’t even get some kiss ass to buy him a Biggie Coke.

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    Court’s in emergency recess the Queen just got bad news about the Ceremonial Courtroom dedication

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    I get it. Judges (some of them) are addicted to accolades, baubles, whatever. It’s about the money. They make squat. The power goes to their brains, but they’re broke compared to any decent attorney. They feel inadequate. The power elite that actually runs everything and makes the real money coddles the Judges and appeases them with the plaques and baubles. It keeps them in line. It’s been working for 1000’s of years. Stop the whining already. It’s the system.

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      Seeing deserving people without political muscle passed over is the hardest part. It may be the system but it doesn’t make it right.

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