It’s not who you’d expect. R. Warren Meddoff (Broward DEC identified him as a GREEN party candidate) plastered five signs around St. Gregory Catholic church and school in Plantation. One of his opponents, Jerry Fadgen, is a prominent member of St Gregory. His other opponent, Diane Bendekovic, is a graduate of St Thomas Aquinas High School. So, it makes sense to court the Catholic vote.
However, including a quote by the new Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, is problematic. It is highly unlikely that the Archdiocese of Miami approved Meddoff’s sign; the Catholic church is reluctant to wade into partisan politics.
Also, the wording could be viewed as Wenski asking voters to elect Meddoff. If so, that type of pandering could be an all time low in Plantation politics. Stay tuned…
Wow!
I must say that is quite low and disgusting. What a clown.
R. Warren Meddoff is the same sleeze ball involved years ago with Harold Ikes in the eye-brow-raising campaign contribution attempt involving then President Bill Clinton. Meddoff has had a lot of “career” titles, but has had no long term achievements as a “businessman” as he describes himself, never mind politician. Rather he has jumped from job to job in various fields. The once-or-twice divorced Meddoff has been called the “black sheep” of a transplanted Pittsburgh, PA area family that includes a South Florida dentist brother who runs a small practice up a second-story flight of stairs adjacent to one of Boca Raton’s not-talked-about trailer park communities. In an interview, the mayoral hopeful openly described his elder sibling as a “bully and abuser of women”. No love lost there. It is not surprising that the candidate would use sleezy tactics to make it appear he has strong endorsements, when in face he is a virtual unknown except for the slippery reputation he is rekindling from the headlines he made during the Clinton administration. For more on that, just Google “Warren Meddoff” and read his escapades in Washington circles, then decide if you’d want that man running the City of Plantation, FL.