Firtel for Speiser for Porter for Scherer … retired Miami circuit judge Leon Firtel is taking over coverage duties in the circuit criminal division once assigned to Liz Scherer. Firtel was seen observing in Martin Fein’s division last week, and was with Andy Siegel today. We’re told Mark Speiser was too busy covering civil matters as a senior judge to maintain Scherer’s old division for the long haul, but there’s probably more to the story. In any event, the 17th Circuit’s expensive addiction to senior judges, when plenty of full-time, taxpayer funded judges seem to be anywhere but courtrooms in the afternoons (JAABWALK time?), continues unabated, or at least until the JNC fills the seats recently vacated by Scherer and Dale Cohen …
Lucky Liz – speaking of Scherer, her luck continues to hold. As has already been widely reported, Liz avoided a very public, humiliating, and forever archived on video trip to the Supreme Court woodshed, instead receiving her public reprimand via this order on July 24th. Her legendary absenteeism, tardiness, and near-daily (when she was in court) petulance were unfortunately not part of any findings, but at least her now confirmed perception of bias for the prosecution are part of the record, as another sad and completely avoidable tragedy in the annals of the Broward judiciary is officially closed.
In the meantime, it’s still anyone’s guess as to whether Liz has landed on her feet vis a vis a second act in a media related position, or whether her increasingly bizarre recent social media posts are merely face-saving in design. The Florida Bar website offers no clues, as her current profile still improperly denotes her as a member of the judiciary with a courthouse address …
Chief Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips? – is current Admin. Judge Circuit Civil Phillips Jack Tuter’s heir apparent? That’s the word on the street.
Tuter is termed out in a little more than a year due to the Dale Ross Rule, so his support for a successor could be as instrumental as Peter Weinstein carrying the day for Tuter himself after Weinstein abdicated.
For her part, when asked earlier today whether she was interested in becoming Broward’s second-ever female Chief Judge, Phillips politely responded that she is indeed considering a run …
Judge Phillips is good choice.
Gelin run for termed out Tuter …
but wait, Gelin ran for office before,
getting whipped in 2020 and then
getting demolished in 2022.
Feeling better?
Funny how losers try to label others as ‘loser’ if that person ran for office, then lost
No, the true losers are those afraid to run. Takes a lot (time, money, courage …) to run for anything.
I ran for judge once. Lost big time. But at least I tried. But one thing I heard often and still do is how many people say they “would never run bc what if I lose?”
So what if I didn’t “win” the election? To cowards like you, I know inside you’re afraid of people like me.
PASS THE PLATE
I’M ALWAYS UP FOR MORE
AND I DONT EVEN HAVE TO RUN
Why don’t you just post under your real name Conway? We know this is you. Maybe because you had to bend over last time you posted using your name?
You lost the election because you are a loser. Living off the wheel until you couldn’t pay rent and then skipped town.
Loser.
Ha ha, I love how jealous the chubby, Conway hater gets!
Probably REALLY pissed him off when he saw Conway’s financial disclosure during the election, too!
No, not jealous of fake, inflated financial disclosures. Listing your property at a value 4x market is the same pipe dream as your belief that you had a chance to make it big.
Loser is as loser does. Wiped out in a three-way. Conway is a loser.
A nickel short and no chance of winning makes for a small-time pup …
But Bob, I clicked on the financial disclosure just now at Spvsr Elections.
And one of Sean Conway’s properties, the one in Oakland Park DID just sell for close to half a million!
And the elections disclosure ALSO showed another half mil in his accounts!
What does that add up to, Bob?
Half mil + Half mil = ??
Come on fat ass. As you sit there unliked by everyone, even your own family, add it up.
Chump change for a real chump
I can add. I have a calculator Con-Swab …
Judge Diaz shouldn’t be disrespected like this. But particularly now with what he’s been going through. But he should retire. Like Feinstein, McConnell, Biden, Trump too.
Where’s he been. Is he coming back.
Hold on there Bob – wasn’t your fat ass fined and suspended for your computer related antics?
Haven’t you learned your lesson?
Sure, it must suck to have such a fugly wife, but don’t go taking it out on others.
BUT HAVE YOU TRIED MY ENCHILADAS
SURE TO GIVE YOU THE CRAPS
YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO MILK THE COW
Óró! ‘Sé do bheatha ‘bhaile
PLAYING THE SHAMROCK AIN’T WAHT IT USED TO BE IN BROWARD
THIS AINT BOSTON YET
The con is always on when it comes to Broward Judicial Politics. Look what we’ve got sitting on the bench. Lol
Who else would run.
No one will buck JT by running.
At least that nasty Porter Wank ain’t around anymore ! Lol
AFTER I LOST MY AZZ AGAINST BRENDA FOR CLERK
I’LL TAKE ANY CRUMBS I CAN GET
Forever a POS
THE SPEEZ SPLIT THE VOTE AND INSURED BRENDA’S WIN
THE BIG PUTZ
And then Backblubber got had on the back-burner by an amateur… service is never over until you’ve been canned for good.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER DOUBLE PLUCKED
Ron Bergeron party I’m sure
KEEP SWIGGING THAT CHEAP WINE FROM A BOX BUSTER
THIS COMING FROM A PUTZ THAT IS LIKE HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN TRYING TO PARK HIS CAR IN THE JUDGE’S PARKING LOT
GET A GRIP SPEEZY – AND IF YOU HAVE TO ENTER THE BIG SQUEEZE AGAIN TRY MILKING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
YES! I thought I was the only one looking at her social media and scratching my head like “what in the hell is going on?”. Her posts are bizarre, tangential and just strange. I don’t know if she is losing it or just has no idea how to work social media, but either way is is a train wreck. I would encourage everyone to go get popcorn, sit down and enjoy the shit show!
The ‘shit show’ –her judgeship–is mercifully over. The now part–blog fodder– is a big yawnn.
I SQUEAKED OUT OF DODGE BEFORE THE CHIT HIT THE FAN
YOU KNOW SOMETHING’S GOT TO BE REALLY WRONG WHEN SHE POSTS THIS
Please explain a single thing any of these three people did to become so-called ‘great’ beside playing politics and getting an appointed office?
Scherer was patronage and bombed out.
Tony is in a gigantic ethical heap about his covered up past.
Tuter lost election then got a job with Scherer’s Pops and was appointed.
How do any of them qualify as great.
Is there a single achievement for any of them beside doing the job they were appointed to do?
They’re nothing. That’s why they need the plastic trophies and plaques. And their names on things that they didn’t pay for.
FJ should be shutdown.
Fritel? Why. Aren’t there any bozo geezers left in the Broward tent who’d have seniority rights?
How much is Tuter costing taxpayers with bringing back retired judges to fill spots for judge’s quitting because they can’t take the heat ? Especially when the gophers he’s bringing back were half baked when they retired or resigned the first time out ?
GET IN LINE
TOOTY IS THROWING OUT FREEBIES FOR JUDGES THAT FLOPPED ON THE HIGHWIRE
There’s another sucker born every minute …
A few minutes ago entering the courthouse. I understand Tuter has relaxed the dress code because of the heatwave, but can this place get anymore ghetto or is this going to be the new norm ?
The new norm Walmart is more popular on social media than the Toot Man.
As old man McCloskey said no press is bad press unless they catch me sleeping with a goat or a child. You go Don ol boy.
Maybe ol Billy boy is following that advice now.
400 trials!? Hahahahaha
Her opponent is going to destroy her with this. There is no way this is true. She was in the state for like 2 minutes. She would have had to try a case a day to have that number. What a terrible way to start.