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Broward Judge Tells Daily Pulp: Governor Scott Hated Almost As Much As Ted Bundy!

Bob Norman, aka The Daily Pulp, spoke with a Broward Judge regarding furloughs and Governor Rick Scott:

“The Legislature and the governor are fucking with us,” said the judge. “They are saying we are in the hole for x-millions of dollars. It’s like, ‘Who the fuck are you kidding?’ This has nothing to do with the budget. Dean Cannon is anti-judiciary because he had three amendments that were shot down. And Rick Scott? Rick Scott could give a fucking rat’s ass about the judiciary. We’re a co-equal branch of government, but we’re getting treated worse than a stepchild. Rick Scott doesn’t give a shit. The guy is scary because he doesn’t care. If you go up to him and say we need to do this or 100 people will die, he’ll say, ‘Oh, too bad, I’ll send flowers.’
“He spent $73 million of his own money to get elected and he can tell everybody to fuck off. It’s going to be a four-year governorship and he’s probably becoming the most-hated man in Florida, other than Ted Bundy. It’s probably going to be a four-year governorship but that means we’re stuck with him for four years.”

(http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2011/04/dean_cannon_court_budget_crisis.php#more)

Broward Judges To Strike?

 

Following up on our report on Courthouse furloughs,  the must-read JAABlog reports Judges will stand united if furloughs come to pass:

“No one is sure whether or not constitutional officers can be furloughed, but court interpreters, judicial assistants, court reporters and other state employees who make the wheels of justice turn certainly can.  The good news is we’re hearing there’s a general consensus amongst judges statewide to sit it out with their lesser paid colleagues if furloughs do happen, in a showing of solidarity.  By one estimate there will only be four furlough days next month if the judges join them, or eleven days per employee if the judges turn their backs and report to work in non-functioning courthouses.  The shutdown is anticipated as early as next week, if the funds aren’t released, and the number of expected furlough days is likely to skyrocket the longer funds are withheld.”

How JAABlog didn’t get a nomination from Sun-Sentinel blog contest is a crime.

Stay tuned…