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“TO ME, [F*CK] SHOULD ONLY BE A VERB:” Plantation Mayor Nick Sortal Makes Another Inappropriate Remark

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When it comes to vulgarity and inappropriate remarks online, hardly anyone thinks of Linkedin—a social media platform for jobseekers and business professionals. But Plantation Mayor Nick Sortal changed all that last week with yet another inappropriate public remark. In a Linkedin post, a local financial advisor wondered it was okay to use the f-word. For those with sensitive sensibilities (and Margate residents), the “f-word” refers to “fuck.”

Nick Sortal responded. “To me, it should only be used as a verb,” he wrote.

According to the Oxford dictionary, the word is “vular slang” defined as: 1. have sex with (someone).

2. Ruin or damage.

Classy.

Why would Mayor Sortal hijack someone else’s innocent post with vulgar language?

Sadly, Sortal’s inappropriate behavior should not come as a surprise to Plantation residents.

In September, Nick Sortal stopped a City Council meeting when he screamed blood murder for no apparent reason.

Three years ago, REDBROWARD revealed Sortal was accused of making inappropriate sexual and racial remarks to an employee.

The accusation sparked an investigation by the City’s Human Resources department. REDBROWARD obtained a memorandum detailing the City’s investigation into Sortal’s remarks following a complaint filed by a high-level City of Plantation employee. According to the memorandum, the incident occurred in May 2022 when Nick Sortal filed paperwork to run for Mayor.

Sortal, accompanied by his wife, told the employee about their “scuffle” with popular incumbent Mayor Lynn Stoner. Sortal said he exchanged words with Stoner regarding his decision to challenge her. Sortal said his wife, Robyn Sortal, also exchanged words with Mayor Stoner.

Then, Councilman Nick Sortal told the female employee, “My dick is hard for this!”

Shocked by Sortal’s graphic comment, the female employee said he covered her face.

Sortal then asked her if anyone else filed paperwork to run for mayor. She told him yes. 

Sortal asked if the person was black. The employee, a person of color, said no.

Sortal said, “Oh good, Plantation will never have a black mayor.”

According to the memorandum, City of Plantation officials met on May 23, 2022 to discuss the “protocol for handling the complaint” against Nick Sortal. Chief Administrative Officer Jason Nunemaker and then-Human Resources Director Denese Edsall conducted a telephone conference call with labor attorney Denise Heekin. City leaders wanted to determine the City’s responsibility and how to handle the matter. 

According to the labor attorney, since Nick Sortal is an elected official, the City could not level any sanctions against him. She advised Nunemaker to speak with Sortal about the inappropriate nature of the comments and the fact that a complaint was made against him. Heekin said there was nothing else Plantation could legally do to Sortal.

According to the memorandum, CAO Jason Nunemaker discussed the matter with Nick Sortal on May 24, 2022. The memo states, “Mr. Nunemaker spoke to Councilman Sortal who admitted to the comments.” Sortal said he, “did not realize they were taken as inappropriate as he has been speaking to [the employee] for four years and felt comfortable.” Sortal told Nunemaker he “would be more careful in the future.”

More careful?

Erratic Mayor Nick Sortal Screams Bloody Murder During Plantation City Council Meeting

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A screaming Mayor Nick Sortal interrupted a Plantation City Council meeting Wednesday night. The shocking moment came towards the end of an innocuous discussion about a Plantation Acres committee. Immediately after a resident finished speaking, Mayor Sortal bolted for the exit door behind his seat.

With the door still ajar, Sortal let out three blood-curdling screams that were clearly heard within the council meeting room. While Councilman Louis Reinstein tried to make light of the screaming, the Plantation Police Chief raced to the secured backroom to investigate.

Police Chief races to check on screaming Mayor Nick Sortal

Sortal returned to his seat and the meeting continued. Sortal would later joke that City Hall needed thicker walls.

Nobody laughed.

Sortal offered no further explanation.

This is just the latest episode of erratic behavior by Mayor Nick Sortal

As REDBROWARD previously reported, Sortal made inappropriate sexual remarks to a city employee. Sortal made inappropriate remarks when a pornography was shown during a teleconference. Sortal made inappropriate remarks during a mayoral debate.

Even more concerning was last year’s revelation that Sortal was being treated for an addiction.

“Opioid Problem”

Mayor Nick Sortal made a pre-dawn call to 911 in April 2024 from a drug recovery center where he was being treated for an “opioid problem,” public records show. The first-term Mayor made the 911 call from the Recovery First Treatment Center near Davie. REDBROWARD obtained a copy of Sortal’s telephone call.

Sortal said he “broke like ten rules” to make the phone call. When asked for his telephone number, Sortal said he did not know because he “shanghaied” a facility telephone. Shanghaied is defined a using trickery, fraud or deception to obtain something.

When asked to verify the address he was calling from, Sortal said the Recovery First Treatment Center. Then, Sortal casually made an unprecedented admission by an elected official—“It’s a recovery center. I had an opioid problem.”