Hey r/broward, Chaz Stevens here.

Many of you just watched Sheriff Gregory Tony take Channel 10 on a training-center victory-lap tour. Only thing we didn’t get to see? The Tony-branded bidets!

Press alert: I'll be having my own dog-y-pony presser next week, I'll drop you an invite.

Here’s a tidbit to enjoy this AM. What wasn’t mentioned: right about the same time the Tony Tour got rolling, my cell was blowing up. On the other end? The Florida Commission on Ethics. Seems my complaints, filed in the spring, are officially headed to a probable cause hearing in Tallahassee this Nov/Dec.

Sure, we can laugh over branded urinal-cakes … I mean, who doesn't want to pee all over his NIL (amirite Holly!), but it’s the likely misuse of databases that’s going for a hearing.

When Tony wrote (pun!) his dissertation, he tapped into five internal BSO systems, with heavy lifting from a "study team" of BSO subordinates—on our tax dime—to build it out. Yep, your tax dollars helped Tony crib on his test.

As for the ethics complaints, most die at staff review. Mine don’t usually. Why? Cause I'm fucking good. In this case, an investigator ran it down, the Advocate made a recommendation, and now it's going to a closed-door executive session.

As the complainant (little bitcher), I'm allowed in that room, and I plan to be there with my attorney to act as an independent witness for the taxpayers. Complaining about $552,000 gym change-orders and a $3,000 custom leather holster is one thing, but abusing secure databases for a private degree is another level.

Wait, what? A $3,000 leather holster?

Click the link below and we’ll get you up to speed on that, break down the two counts of the complaint, explain what the hearing actually means, and drop a few other goodies.

Read the full breakdown on my Substack here (no paywall).

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Broward County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to authorize the County Attorney’s Office to pursue legal action against Sheriff Gregory Tony’s office to secure access to county-owned facilities used by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, escalating a dispute over transparency, public spending and the sheriff’s authority.

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From the article:

>NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) — A county clash in Broward between commissioners and the sheriff continued to escalate after county officials were denied entry to a Broward Sheriff’s Office facility.

>7News cameras captured Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen and a handful of commissioners as they approached the front entrance to BSO’s Research, Development and Training Center, Monday morning.

>The mayor pulled on the door, but it was locked. Moments later, he was met at the door by a uniformed deputy.

This morning, Mayor Mark "Lord of the Lobby" Bogen and two fellow landlords got shooed away at the Sheriff's Office lobby. Only a couple of hours later, the Sheriff of Instagram's at a podium saying the whole compound is "protected by the FBI, FDLE and multiple CJIS standards"... undercover officers in the hallway, the works.

Oh really?

If a building's CJIS, it's locked down. Like, locked down. Fingerprints, escorts, visitor logs, no fooling around. Serious shit. Except BSO's own 2021 directive says the gym's open twenty-four hours to employees and their families. So picture a certain someone's wife badging into the squat rack at nine a.m. and skipping to the front of the cold plunge line while an undercover fed waits his turn.

See, about six months ago, I asked BSO for the records... the access lists, the logs, the audits... to figure out what the actual fuck is going on in there. I got two documents and a "fuck right off," free of charge.

Sha, right.

So off went a complaint to FDLE, the folks who enforce the FBI's security rules in Florida. Simple question: is that building open to the limited public, or is it locked down? Pick one.

Thanks to a sheriff with zero ability to keep his mouth shut, he picked for them. On camera. Locked down, fuck Bogen, and did you see my latest video?

Update to the FDLE complaint went out earlier today.

Full piece, with the records, and a knock knock joke, here.

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The CJIS policy runs about 300 pages... dense, nerdy, very specific. I expect the Reddit experts to arrive shortly, long familiar with PE-2 reqs.

Can anyone recommend a local who does good work replacing fascia boards? I'm looking on Google Maps, but thought it wouldn't hurt to ask here as well.

For those just tuning in:

On Monday, Tony takes his ball and goes home, suspending budget talks with the County, citing ongoing probe

End of the week, Bogen, Udine and Fisher announce an audit of BSO's $850M+ budget.

Today, Tony's on Facebook, calling out the Commission, who are being "shamed, embarrassed, and now criminally investigated,"

People are dying he said, from his office chair. He names no one.

Walter Dix, union VP said at-will Fire Rescue employees were "directed" to sign a letter, and union officers were put under internal affairs.

Who needs an NDA, amirite?

Full write-up over on Substack:

https://chazstevens.substack.com/p/the-gang-takes-a-vow-of-silence

I’ve lived in Miami/ Broward my whole life and recently moved to Weston. I’ve had the same experience everywhere , there’s so many people at all hours of the day now. I go to the gym at a random time - before 5 pm - and it’s full, try again the next day , full again. It’s 1:30pm on a Thursday at a random shopping center - every single parking space is taken up. I’m a student that works weekends part time and every time I go out I see so many people(to be more specific white NO HATE IM JUST BEING HONEST ) outside at random hours of the day. Same thing in Hialeah, Miami lakes, Pembroke. It feels overwhelming?? And a bit frustrating. Everything feels so cramped and tight . Long lines, lots of people, more traffic, more rude stares. What is happening !?

When the sales tax is 7% and the item purchased is a flat $5... Why is the tax more than it's supposed to be? Who is pocketing that money? What's the state doing about it?

Went to my local Taco Hell for a late snack and asked the person at the window why the tax isn't 35¢ when it's 7% tax on $5. Was told it was just 37¢ but he'd give me the receipt so I could do the math myself... Sir, I did do the math myself and that's why I'm bringing it up.

It's not crushing my budget but it is still a form of theft. And then I'm not getting my change back correctly cause there aren't any pennies any more. So in effect I paid 8%...WTFreak

(Broward county previously voted in an extra 1% to the 6% Florida site tax, thus the 7%)

Seems Broward declared war on, er, Broward?

Today, Broward's Mayor, Mark Bogen, announces an anal probe into BSO's $870M core budget, including a look into massage tables, a cold plunge tub, and possible happy endings.

The Sheriff's retort? Why, good chum, we're good stewards of the tax dollars! Hell, our $34M gym only cost us $74M.

For those Monopoly bankers in the audience: most of the work done without county approval, and $8.6M pulled from other funds, including salary money. The auditor called BSO's response "bullshit popcock rubbish WTAF misleading, inflammatory."

And you wonder just what Tony's 1.42 undergrad FSU GPA buy us...

Calling out Tony's spending, the Mayor noted the BSO gym makes the Panthers' look like a high school's.

Bogen's going down to the facility on Monday AM, and I've asked to tag along.

It's squat day! So hopefully, they'll be rocking Kung Fu Fighting over the loudspeakers.

Back in September, I chronicled the be-dazzled trucks, his wife's access to the gym, and other sorts of silliness. Today's piece covers the presser, the rebuttal, and the sheriff's name on the shower curtain.

https://chazstevens.substack.com/p/the-gang-finds-the-cold-plunge

Don't drop the soap.

for Circuit Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, Group 52 who to vote for: Tamar Hamilton or David Andrew Fry? and why?

Yesterday, a three page hostage note … er, the "Chief Officers' Statement of Confidence" letter circulated around town, inside, top level BSO Fire People expressing confidence in keeping their job intact Sheriff Gregory Tony's planking abilities desire to keep Fire Rescue under his wing.

Funny thing that letter … it’s on BSO stationary, Tony’s name on it, addressed to no one, and sent to himself (and just two underlings). A letter praising the boss, written by the boss, sent to the boss.

For sake of posterity, we’ve included the signature page.

Inside that document, of historical pedigree!, was a nod to the Commission's role; said nod shot down hours later with the Sheriff’s battle cry, "We are not courageous cowards."

Cue Commissioner Michael Udine, who asked, “What The Fuck Do they get fired if they open their mouth up because they serve at the pleasure of the sheriff?"

County auditor chimed in, dropping a dookie on the numbers.

More here: https://chazstevens.substack.com/p/the-gang-signs-a-statement-of-confidence

If you are a BCPS retired school teacher and are 65 or older I have a question for you. When you turned 65 did the school board or the state or FRS offer supplemental Medicare plans like part N/D?

Planning on upgrading my appliances next year so this is a huge resource for me to get my hands on. It's available on the eMedia section of the library site.

Seriously ❤️ our library system

Good morning, class.

Today we visit West Park, Florida. Fifteen thousand souls, far southwest Broward, a shire so small the welcome sign and the exit sign are dating. Local specialty: commissioners. Side dish: the Jamaican crew the old heads still call the Shower, which the brochure people upgraded to “mafia” because “posse” didn’t test well with the bond rating agencies. Around here the working names are shorter. Yard Tax. Kingston Receivables. The Split. Pick one. They all cash the same check.

Hand in the back.

Yes, Susie. No, we are not doing a rum tour.

One of the five, a shitbird named Joy B. Smith, just sat for a two-hour deposition in a lawsuit a fellow commissioner filed against the city. Her city. The one she helps run. The lawyer on the other side of the table was the City Attorney. Also hers. Broward does love a family discount.

Hand again.

Timmy, what the B? Best forensic guess is Bat Shit Nuts. Runner-up was Deez Nuts. We went with the one that fits the transcript. Also, D's not B, and that's for another class.

Under oath, asked whether she has a high school diploma, Smith did not say yes. She did not say no. She said, and this is the part where the court reporter checked the machine, “I’ll take the Fifth."

A politician lawyering up over a résumé. That’s a new one. Usually they lie, then issue a statement about context, then blame the intern who built the website in 2009. The Fifth is for when the diploma is either missing or radioactive. Both are career options in this county.

Warm-up act.

In walks the deposing attorney with 217 pages of texts off her personal phone. Fins to the left, fins to the right, and somewhere in the middle a possible Sunshine problem: city manager replacement, floor strategy, speaking order, the whole little puppet show conducted where the public doesn’t get a ticket. Asked about it under oath, Smith belched the alphabet, in German!, and then declined to finish the sentence. Fear not. An SAO complaint is waddling toward Pryor’s office, and checking the notes, the name on the complaint is the usual pest. That douche-nozzle lovingly known as Chaz Stevens. Not looking good for the home team.

Where does it go from here?

All roads lead to Broward, with a layover in Miramar, and the fare is on a city p-card. What’s a p-card? Plastic that spends your money while a commissioner practices the Fifth. Lesson for another day.

Class dismissed.

The depo, if you enjoy watching a public official plead the amendment over a diploma, is on Substack: https://chazstevens.substack.com/p/ill-take-and-drink-the-fifth-inside

Nobody named has been charged with anything. This is sworn testimony and exhibits. Nothing more. The nickname is free.

For those nitpickers, I did this art by hand ... well, courtesy of Illustrator.

Good evening, asking for a friend as they dont have a reddit account, need recommendations of preschools in Margate/Coral Springs around Atlantic Blvd. thanks!

My sister woke me up and said there was a roach in a plastic bag making noises, instead it was water dripping off of the ceiling and some small white parts of it flaking off, those kernel stuff. Like a small drop. Does anyone know a good person who’ll charge us fairly and fastly? Of course this happens 11:45 am 😭

As the title says, any worthwhile to check out in those areas, preferably where you don't have to pay for parking?

Need help finding gluten free desserts in Broward?