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The Sheriff’s War for Broward: Gregory Tony’s Real Target…

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The Sheriff’s War for Broward: Tony’s Real Target…

By Aaron Nevins

Sheriff Gregory Tony is no longer satisfied as sheriff. He is moving to become the de facto head of the Broward Democratic Party. 

But he’s not looking to occupy the chair down at headquarters. If he bends city commissioners into signing the contracts he demands, he will rule Broward politics outright without having to schmooze a single precinct committeeman.

The sheriff and the contract cities where he serves as the police are currently roiled in what seems to be a basic contract dispute. Sheriff Tony is demanding increases that far exceed the 5 percent cap written into city contracts. In Deerfield Beach alone, BSO has asked for about 10 percent more for law enforcement and nearly 9.5 percent for fire rescue. 

Tony says the hikes are necessary to keep deputies and firefighters paid competitively and maintain public safety. City officials call it a breach of the deal and a shell game that forces them to pay double.

But its not really about budgets. It is not about salary studies or police pensions. It’s not about whether you pay a few bucks more on your tax bill or get ‘better service’ from the police or the sheriff. Most of us hope to never need their services. 

It is about power. Plain and simple. 

Deerfield Beach. Pompano Beach. West Park. These commissions are not just haggling over line items. They are fighting for their independence. Tony wants them broken. He wants them to sign his deals and admit who holds the whip hand.

The method is simple… Threats and pressure. Sign or face the consequences. 

In Deerfield Beach he went on YouTube claiming he has polling numbers showing overwhelming support for his positions. After voters were ‘’educated” (ie push polled) about the issues, he claims that number rose to 75%.

He waived those polling numbers, looked right into the camera, and vowed that he will fight the Deerfield Commission… and any other elected official who defied him through the 2026 and 2028 elections! He promised to finance candidates who will do his bidding. That is naked political extortion, delivered straight to the phone of every Democrat elected official in Broward County. 

West Park commissioners caved shortly after the video was released. After weeks of hand-wrangling, they got spooked enough to fall in line and give Tony a public victory he quickly framed as proof that resistance is futile.

The Broward Democratic Party is fractured and weak. No one has commanded total authority since Mitch Caesar stepped down. Chairs come and go. Factions squabble.

Tony sees the vacuum. If he wins these contract wars he does not need to sit in the party office. He becomes the power every commissioner fears. When they cast their votes on the dias, they will be thinking of the sheriff. 

Cities that resist face disruption and the wrath of the sheriff in their elections. Cities that cave get temporary peace but permanent dependence. The party chair won’t save them. The committeemen won’t save them. Tony will be wearing the crown.

This is the opening round. 

The fight will stretch to 2026 and decide who really runs Broward. If Tony breaks these commissions, he becomes the boss. If they stand and fight, they can cut him down to size.

The sheriff has declared war.

The question is whether Broward’s mayors and commissioners have the stomach to fight back.

Aaron Nevins is the founder of Chelsea Road Consulting (chelsea-road.com) in Fort Lauderdale, where he has guided campaigns for large and small companies, and political organizations at all levels of government. With more than 20 years in South Florida politics, he is recognized for expertise in public affairs, advocacy, and political strategy.

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ROGER STONE RESPONDS TO US SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

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ROGER STONE RESPONDS TO US SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

BY ROGER STONE

It was reported in the New York Times yesterday that I have received a letter from the U.S Senate Intelligence Committee. The letter,dated February 17 reached me on March 17- Saint Patrick’s Day. That it took 30 days for the Committee on Intelligence to find me does not inspire confidence.

I am anxious to rebut allegations that I had any improper or nefarious contact with any agent of the Russia State based on facts not misleading and salacious headlines. Claims of Russian influence or collusion in the Trump Campaign by the Intelligence Community are backed up buy ZERO evidence.

As I told the Times I am willing to appear voluntarily if the committee isn’t looking for the headline of issuing a subpoena.

Any inference that my innocuous ,fully disclosed twitter exchange and tweets with a hacker known as Gruccifer 2.0 ,who may or may not be a Russian Asset ,constitutes “collusion” is disproved by the content, the facts and the time-line of events.

My only communication came almost six weeks after the Wikileaks release of the purloined DNC documents that reveal that Hillary had to cheat to beat Bernie.

‘Collusion” with someone has to be before the event. Not after. I myself reported his role in the DNC hacking in a piece for BREITBART NEWS http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/05/dear-hillary-dnc-hack-solved-so-now-stop-blaming-russia/
August 5th, ten days before my cursory exchange with the hacker who I only now learn is suspected of being a Russian agent.

I am accused of colluding with Gruccifer 2.0 to hack and release the DNC documents when my only communication with him via twitter is six weeks after Wikileaks published the very documents in question. The content of our actual exchanged-now fully released- is benign.

This bogus claim was cooked up to get “Trump Associate communicated with Russian Hacker’ headline and post it to dozen Fake News Sites thanks to the Brock Soros Smear machine and their many paid bots.

On January 20th, The New York Times reported on PAGE A-1 -WIRETAPPED DATA USED IN INQUIRY OF TRUMP AIDES https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html
I am one of three Trump Associates named in the story. Was I wire-tapped? On what evidence ? A Clinton campaign press release? What Judge ordered the tap ?

More importantly who leaked that I was under surveillance ? If I was under surveillance pursuant to a FISA warrant the leak of this information would be a felony by whoever leaked it.The Intelligence Agencies pushing this false Russian narrative through a series of illegal leaks have hurt my ability to make a living and are soiling my reputation. The government is in possession of no evidence whatsoever that shows that I colluded with the Russian State.

I welcome the opportunity to be sworn and testify before the any Senate or House hearing that will conduct said hearings in public and not behind closed doors. Let’s see if they can handle the Truth.

I hope the Senate will be equally vigorous in questioning former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of DIN James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch as well as calling Ray McGovern, Thomas Drake, William Binny, Craig Murray about what they know about the surveillance of Donald Trump.

The adamant denials that Candidate Trump was under surveillance by the Intelligence Community must be seen in light of their lies about torture at Abu Dhabi, lies why our mission in Benghazi was attacked, lies about renditions, lies about the scope of meta-data collection, lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction and the control of Saddam Hussein. The Congressmen and Senators on the Intelligence Committee are either gullible or blackmail-able. Of course they buy the lies.

The Obama Administration vehemently denies asking the British M- to conduct the surveillance to provide deniability to the spooks at Langley.The British are feigning outrage but very well placed “drys” very high up in the Tory Party assure me Judge Andrew Napolitano’s report is correct and that the British foreign surveillance service, the Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ, most likely provided Obama with transcripts of Trump’s calls.

The NSA has given GCHQ full 24/7 access to its computers, so GCHQ — a foreign intelligence agency that, like the NSA, operates outside our constitutional norms — has the digital versions of all electronic communications made in America in 2016, including Trump’s.

The flat denials of the Intelligence services and FBI cannot be taken at face value.
The feigned out rage by the Brits is their role as the cut-out. The Watergate cover-up took a year to crumble. The President’s claim that he was spied on will yet be proven.

The double-standard is stunning. We are told the hijacking of the elections by the Russians is a certainty without a shred of proof yet we reject the idea Trump was spied on because there is no proof.

Roger Stone, a Broward resident, is best-selling author of numerous books including The Clintons War On Women and The Making Of The President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated A Revolution. His books are available at Amazon.com