Judiciary in Full Court Press to Obliterate Clerk’s Offices

The Florida Association of Court Clerks held a meeting Wednesday in Tallahassee to discuss the current movement by the Judiciary through the Legislature to take over the Clerk’s Courts employees. Although I rarely go to Tallahassee I drove up very early Wednesday morning, got the scoop, and got back to the Viera Courthouse Wednesday evening.

There is no rumor, there is fact, and the fact is the Office of the State Court Administrator (OSCA), Judge Quince of the Supreme Court, and the current Chief Judges of all Florida Circuits are working overtime on the Legislators to strip the employees and their funding from the Clerk’s Office.
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So Many Errors, So Little Time

The following missive was sent to the brevardpoliticaljournal.com in response to an article I had written identifying the latest Palm Bay tax-borrow-and-spend ‘job creation’ program to the New Deal of President Franklin Roosevelt and his Brain Trusters. I have always said once an individual moves off the track of facts and moves onto the tracks of personalities, it is a sure fire way of knowing they realize they have lost their argument on its merits. The author below clearly recognizes his cause is lost on the factual debate. So, let me respond to as many comments below as I can in one night.
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Brevard foreclosures continue at record pace

The numbers may change by a few as we get finals next month, but not much. 864 and rising. I still believe the defaults are racing ahead of the filings and the bank’s legal staffs are trying to catch up.Numerous foreclosures are running better than 12 months from filing to sale, so the urge to default may be getting stronger when one can scrap the payments on a house $100,000 or so upside down and live rent-free for 12 to 18 months while the legal wheels slowly grind.
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Florida Today Editorial makes my point brilliantly

Failure to distinguish between the essential and non-essential reduces heroes to status of scoundrels.

If you want proof of the decline of journalistic ethics, look no further than the Florida Today.

I had just posted my column about negative campaigns when I stumbled across this beauty on the Florida Today opinion page. Note their concern isn’t with finding the truth and halting the flow of misinformation – they want everyone to be able to spread lies freely, without having to worry about being ‘negatively’ attacked for not telling the truth.
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Concession Letter from Needelman Campaign

Truth continues to escape Needelman, even in gracious concession letter. His mind must be a very strange place indeed…

“To my friends, neighbors, and supporters,

I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to run for Brevard County Clerk of Courts. We all knew we faced a challenge in going against an incumbent for this position. My feelings were strong, and they still are, that we needed a change in this office. Therefore I decided to make the run.
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Needelman supporter accuses me of libel (again)… says lawsuit is on the way

‘Badge451′ says I didn’t contact Needelman before running my story
Asking Needelman live on the air on Bill Mick’s show in front of thousands of listeners didn’t count

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Click here for pdf snapshot of Needelman campaign web site as it appeared August 7, 2008

Apparently my coverage of Needelman’s Campaign Web Site HomeTown News Interview “modification” has earned me a spot in the State Rep’s legal counsel’s crosshairs. Here is a post from earlier today from someone called ‘Badge451′ from the Florida Today Clerk of Courts forums who claims to be some type of law enforcement. 
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‘Third Audit Protocol’ derails as election nears

Needelman campaign throws caution to the wind

I can tell the disgraced and disenfrocked former Palm Bay lobbyist is back in town as the negative attacks have moved from the (Florida Today) BLOG to the radio, TV, and the nebulous website, mitchforclerk.com.
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Hometown News confirms Needelman ‘interview’ on campaign web site has been modified

After Mr. Needelman lied to the Bill Mick Live audience on Friday morning, I was so outraged I contacted the Hometown News to inform them of what was done and said, and to see if I could get a copy of the original e-mail to refute new allegations I had somehow fabricated the screenshot I have of the Needelman campaign web site from August 7.

They did me one better, and at approximately 8pm Saturday night posted the following on their home page:
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Needelman lies to BML audience about allegations he made in HomeTown News interview

Says “what you see on the web site is what I control on the web site, and nothing has changed on that”.

Hear it straight from the horse’s mouth: 
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I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t heard it myself – Mr. Needelman acknowledged he controls the content of his campaign web site, and flat out lied when he said nothing on that site had changed in regards to him alleging incumbent Scott Ellis has unsuccessfully sued the county a number of times in the last eight years.
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Needelman decides it’s easier to re-write history than apologize for another ‘mistake’

I stumbled across an interesting post on the Florida Today Clerk’s forum in which a poster called “WeNeedMitch” was making the claim that an article written by Scott Ellis and posted on this site contained a statement which was never made by Mr. Needelman.
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