Tim Smith's Fort Lauderdale

Just jogged down Las Olas to the beach this morning, and see lots of activity from City crews…. all is dry, no lakes, hardly no puddles! ……….. palm fronds all picked up, quite the effort!

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coming home through my neighborhood, Middle River Terrace, I spotted what might just be a rather new investment opportunities – lake front real estate, two miles from the beach !   ……

swim to your local convenience store

who needs that old car anyhow?

remind you of Gilligan’s Island ?

…..  who’s in ???

Dear Joe ….

Please pick Oprah Winfrey as your Vice Presidential pick ? I think it will be the ultimate dream ticket . Let me make the case –

 

Oprah Winfrey would be the most unique, talented, respected, helpful, uplifting , gregarious and well known pick possible. Everybody knows O, and as far as I can tell, everyone likes Oprah. After all, who could Biden pick, other than Oprah, who gives away cars to total strangers?

Did I mention that Oprah is a woman, Joe ?

Oprah is 65. She was born to a single poor mother in Mississippi (southern vote?) , and made herself the first black billionaire in the country! As a matter of fact, she’s listed as the richest African American of the 20th century – OMG!

She owns houses and properties in about 6 states, a media conglomerate that she invented, and has been voted the most influential woman in the world!

You may counter that she has no political experience. Well, we know she knows her way around the White House (see above ) , and maybe it’s high time that we rename that cherished national icon as the black/white house anyhow. And as far as her political experience, I can tell you that her amazing skills as an actress is about all you need to advance in politics.

Biden has giant experience on the world political stage, Oprah not so much, but neither did former Presidents George Bush, Clinton, and Carter …and Trump (I’m looking ahead 🙂 .

Oh yea, did I mention that she is black?

Joe, please pick Oprah for you Vice Presidential pick. I’ve purchased the domain name “Joe and O in 2 0 2 0, and I’ll donate it to the cause!

Sincerely, and hopeful,

Tim Smith …954-822-4727

 

 

Click on the video below ( or copy /paste into your browser),to hear my musical thoughts on this scourge ….thanks, Tim

So the community should be very proud of themselves !

Not only have we collected nearly 400 toys to give every kid in Thurgood Marshall Elementary a great toy for Christmas, but we are sending 15 lucky little tots, (those chosen by the school as giving the most personal effort this year ) ..to Disney World ! …. WOW !

Are you available to help with the deserving kids fun Party, to be held at Warfield Park, 1000 N. Andrews Ave, on Dec 22, from 2 until 4 pm ?   …   If so, please respond here that you can come and help, and arrive at the park by 1:30 pm

……………………………………………. thanks, Tim

 

 

Our community is doing well with our effort to make a whole bunch of our disadvantaged kids happy at Christmas   …  but we are not there yet ! …..

1.) You have been bringing toys (unwrapped,new toys for boy or girl 5 to 11) to Oddballs Nifty Thrift at 530 NE 13th Street at a good clip. but we have only about 3 weeks left to collect another 157 toys !

2.) You have raised ALL THE MONEY ( you raised $4550.00 ) to send 15 kids, identified by Thurgood Marshall Elementary as “trying the hardest this year”, to a totally free and fun trip to   ………….  DISNEY WORLD !!!!  YIPPEE !!!!

3 ) So, I’m listing those of you below that have already contributed to our wonderful community effort so far, but if you don’t see your name on the list, PLEASE bring one of those 157 still needed toys to Oddballs before December 15th !!!!

…. the already-gave list includes …. Kim, Michael, Cooper, Troy, Scott, Will, Ed, Dave, Tim, Glen, Ray, Tore, Marilyn, Wallace, Patrick, Stacy, Cindy, David, Oddballs, Davis, Marie, Tim, Chris, CCA, Freddy, Marisa, Joyce, SMRCA, Katherine, T-Don, Abby, Vicki, Joe, Frank,  and the Deck    ……

All kids should have a special holiday season- just like we did  …. Would you help make sure that that wonderful phenomenon happens in our whole community this year?

You see, right here in our community, we have lots of disadvantaged kids that don’t know that fabulous feeling/ that can’t wait feeling — toys under the Christmas tree!

This year, the Central City Alliance ( of neighborhoods and businesses), has a plan to help make the holidays all that it can be for these kids …

Here’s the creative plan …….

We’ve adopted our local elementary school,  Thurgood Marshall, on 13th Street and Powerline Rd., and plan on making all of their (400 kids) smile wide this year. The school is comprised of some of our most disadvantaged kids in the City. So this is what we will do .

Just for starters, we need at least 400 new, unwrapped toys for a boy or a girl aged 5 thru 11. Please buy whatever you can and deliver them to either the Christmas Palace, Oddballs Thrift store, or Flash Lube, all of them on NE 13th Street, as soon as you can. Please put this somewhere near the top of your to do list – we needs lots of toys !

And then we’ve asked the school principal to identify 15 students  that have tried the hardest this semester.

We will send those 15 deserving kids to, ready for this?  ….  Disney World, !!!

If you can help with the expenses of this, ( it will take $4000 )  text me at 954-822-4727, or the treasurer of the CCA at 954-708-5359.

Lastly, we are giving all four hundred kids a BIG holiday party at Warfield Park (Sunrise and Andrews Ave) on Sunday, December 22nd, from 2pm  until 4pm….  That’s where they will get their toys, chat with Santa, stuff themselves, and hear the announcement of the kids that have earned that great trip to Disney… you won’t want to miss this party!

Thanks for helping  … ….with any questions, call me at 954-822-4727 ….. Tim Smith

 

Of course you do !

So you will want to be at the 13th Street Craft Beer and Wine Festival with Car Show ..

It will take place on March 2nd from 4 until 8 pm (on 13th Street of course 🙂 … read more

 

Press Release: for Immediate Release

The 13th Street Craft Beer and Wine Festival with Classic Car Show will take place on March 2nd, from 4 pm until 8 pm …..  People can also check out insurance noon if they need the best insurance plan for their expensive cars. The location is the fabulously trending NE 13th Street in Fort Lauderdale, centered around the iconic Unity Beacon at the intersection of NE 13th Street and Dixie Highway…. The street will be closed to traffic for the event….

the fun includes:

Nine local Craft Beer Breweries will be pouring their tasty brews….  to take part in all the tastings at the breweries, you will want to buy a ticket, which will get you a wristband, taster cup, (for lots of tasting fun), and a chip that allows you to vote for your most favorite beer !….  Avoid the lines at the festival by purchasing your tickets NOW at EventBrite.com  ….

Classic Cars of all stripes and types will adorn the event for your salivating pleasure. This is also a contest, as you will receive another chip to vote for your favorite classic ( you will not win the car 🙂

Yum Yum Yum Yum !  …..    10 food and desert trucks will fill all your culinary needs for the day ….. enough said !

Live bands, dance, funkadelic  disc jockey, will headline the full evening of fun  …..

So, go NOW to EventBrite.com and get you a ticket   ……… for more information, or to become a vendor at the event, go to centralcityalliance.com …. or call Tim Smith at 954-822-4727  …

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…..She was a teacher, an explorer, an author, a civic activist, a nature lover, a volunteer like no other ! …..  She was my friend, my confident, my top supporter, my drinking buddy! ……  And now she is gone   ….. hard to describe how much I will miss her ….. constantly wondering  …..  why do the good ever die young?

…….  Marge’s last writing is below   ……. her son sent it to me after she died…… I’m guessing that’s the way she planned it   …. and knowing her so well, I think she knew I would share it with you  …. Tim

This is one of those ugly politics stories  …..  Do not eat within two hours of reading !

 

 

…………………  the Story ……….

…. well damn it……  I was almost recognized as this year’s Distinguished Citizen !  …. almost ..

….. You see, the City has a Board made up of former Mayors, Commissioners etc. called the Citizen Recognition Committee, and for the last 40 some years, the committee has met and picked four citizens to be recognized for special notice for their work to make Fort Lauderdale a better place !

…..This year, last October, the committee met as usual and I was picked to be honored as the Distinguished Citizen for 2018 (boy was I proud !)

… But hold on, Commissioner Steve Glassman said…..

….. He mumbled some confusing gobbledygook about holdovers on the committee, “process”, minutes  etc…. then, after changing out some members of the committee who had voted for me, he talked his colleagues into  sending it back to the committee for another look….. another vote … one without my name 🙂

But, to Steve’s dismay, my name came back as the nominee for second time ! ….. Glassman would not be stopped…  (This is where it gets really stupid …)

Glassman had to pull out the big guns, no way could he let Smith get this award! …….so he brought out …..

THE GLASSMAN GANG !

……. Glassman cobbled together a rather sketchy group of people to come to the public hearing and speak against my nomination for the recognition …..

Here’s who he found to do his dirty work!

The Glassman Gang-

Ted Spiliotis – ex-con ….. convicted of sale, delivery, manufacture, possession with intent to sell heroin  …. long list of other charges, ……Yikes !

 

Robert Walsh- another ex-con ….. Grand Theft Felony, False alarms of fire, disorderly intoxication, fugitive from justice… etc. etc. etc.

 

Laura Crocenco – was voted to be removed as President of her neighborhood 29-20…..  Also, banned from the neighborhood social media site NextDoor, allegedly for shaming others…… known to scare otherwise tough persons !

 

Michaela Conca- reportedly removed from the august group, Fort Lauderdale Woman’s Club ….. who gets removed from a woman’s club ??

and …..

 

Charlie King- Fort Lauderdale’s most foul ….. he likes to publicly call people demeaning names, calls me Tiny Timmy ….. I think from now on, I will call him Chubby Charlie …. Some members of his own family disown him ….. He once proposed renaming Federal Highway “Confederate Highway” …seriously !

…..So after that charade, the issue went back to the committee for a third time ( you can’t make this stuff up) ….. and this time, Tim Smith would not make it back …

………………………. damn, I was (almost) the 2018 Distinguished Citizen   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friend, a Pastor at the church called …… She had a BIG problem with a homeless encampment at the church, and couldn’t seem to get it fixed…..Would I help ?  …. Sure !

Apparently, though the County and City solved the entrenched problem at the Library, many of the homeless, particularly those with drug problems, just moved out into the community…..  And they brought their things with them, all of them !

They found an old bus at the church too, and at least a dozen had set up camp inside… One of them was quite tidy ….

Most were not  ….

I got a hold of the right people at the Police Department, and stayed at the church until they came  …… The Cops were true professionals…. They interviewed them, and though only a few had ID’s, and probably gave fake names, most of them said they were runners from local Rehab Centers…… One said he had been sent to a Fort Lauderdale Rehab from Lakeland, where he had a cocaine problem,.. The one on the crutches said she had to be back in by midnight  ….. the cops warned them not to return to the church property…

The bus will be towed out today, the church says…..