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