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Message To State Representative Evan Jenne

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“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

You must read this story in the Sun-Sentinel. Apparently uber-lobbiyist and salami sandwich diva Judy Stern will spurn her BFFs, (Bonnie Prince) Johnny Rodstrom and Charlotte Rodstrom, to support State Rep Evan Jenne as he seeks a seat on the Broward County Commission. Stern is shocked(!) Rodstrom is running for the County Commission. Is Judy slipping? Every blog in town made mention that Charlotte would try for the Rodstrom seat if that pesky Supreme Court upheld the will of the people.

Could this all be for show? Stay tuned…

“Stern said she committed to Jenne months ago, when he indicated he’d run for Broward County Commission if term limits were upheld and John Rodstrom’s seat became open.

She worked on Charlotte Rodstrom’s just concluded City Commission campaign, and said she had no idea Charlotte Rodstrom would turn around and run for her husband’s seat on the County Commission. Friday, Charlotte Rodstrom opened a campaign account to run for the County Commission seat.

‘She’d told me she had no interest in the County Commission,’ Stern said. ‘I got back into town Monday. I was just, like, shocked.’

‘For as close as we are, I mean, I was surprised that she never raised it beforehand,’ Stern went on. ‘So I had no idea. … Right up to the Thursday before the election she still spoke to me about she was glad the election was winding up and she didn’t want to campaign anymore. The whole thing’s bizarre.'”

Broward Commissioner Lieberman Admits Talking To Marty Kiar About Redistricting Just Before Vote

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After saying you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the papers, Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman(D-Mangoes) admitted to speaking with State Representative Martin Kiar just hours before a key vote on redistricting.

As RED BROWARD reported in January, Kiar signed in to meet with Commissioner Lieberman. He wrote the purpose of the meeting was “redistricting”. This meeting occurred just hours before the Commission approved a redistricting map.

The map was not displayed for the public. The map was altered on the dais. The map carved one single Davie precinct into District One. State Representative Kiar lives in that Davie precinct. Shortly thereafter, Kiar abdanoned his Florida State Senate bid in order to run for the Broward County Commission.

Today from the dais, Lieberman said she met with Kiar regarding other important issues. She was quick to say there was no lobbying involved. She admitted to talking with Kiar about redistricting but “only for 30 seconds” and she “didn’t vote for map anyway”.

Um, she didn’t say what exactly tey talked about for that 30 seconds.

Thirty seconds is an eternity in Broward County.