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8. I don't know if this is particular to Florida,

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 02:59 PM

Dec 2015

but there is an almost Jim Jones reverence to titles. I have even seen it manifest through the newspaper. If they identify a city as a dominant Mayor format, or a City Manager format, it's like they give that person a license to break whatever laws they want to break.

You wouldn't think that a newspaper would operate this way, but that's what happens when you live in a community that believes it is still living out the Frontierland era.

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Judge who loses temper in court uses PTSD as an excuse. [View all] Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 OP

I would have more sympathy if he had not hidden his PTSD csziggy Dec 2015 #1

He became an example of why these facts are pertinent BEFORE they get hired. Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #2

Can he be impartial if PTSD affects his decision making process? Downwinder Dec 2015 #3

Rational questions like this are offensive in Florida. Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #5

I don't understand why his Bailiff and court staff did not Downwinder Dec 2015 #7

I don't know if this is particular to Florida, Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #8

I'd like to know what his MOS was. cloudbase Dec 2015 #4

I'd like to know more. I carefully at this point agree with you. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #6

I should think that this would potentially subject many of his rulings to appeal Orrex Dec 2015 #9

Point, Set and Match. Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #10

He gets a hefty paycheck because it is his job to stand in judgement of others. lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #11

This has never stopped anyone in Florida. Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #12

I think his career as a judge would be over ... lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #13

Oh, for pity's sake! LiberalAndProud Dec 2015 #14