So, I’m sitting at the counter of my favorite diner, the Quality Diner, in Wilton Manors, eating my scrambled eggs and cheese, reading the paper, minding my business.
Over my right shoulder, I catch a discussion between the waitress, Kimberly, and a diner, eating alone at a booth –
“yea, I ran for Mayor, and got 798 votes!”, the man is chuckling with delight.
I’m thinking – who? – what? – and sure enough …
I spin around on the rotating bar spool and lock eyes with the chuckling –
Crimi – Gabriel Crimi …
….. Crimi is the shadowy candidate in last Tuesday’s Fort Lauderdale Mayoral race. The “fake” candidate put in the race to force a primary.
Crimi sees me and knows me as the guy who exposed his fake candidacy – “Oh no” ( he quits chuckling).
“Can you believe it though”, he asks. “789 votes, and I wasn’t really running!”
We chat a minute and I return to my cold eggs – ” Now I’m thinking maybe about running next year” – he calls after me.
Crimi – for Mayor? …again
( you couldn’t make this stuff up!)
Crummy Crimi
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