tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post5744423527616277520..comments2024-03-19T06:32:58.344-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: A HOUSE DIVIDEDRumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-49848284559756372822010-10-29T01:24:52.053-04:002010-10-29T01:24:52.053-04:00The p.d.’s office has turned into a bad remake of ...The p.d.’s office has turned into a bad remake of the Poseidon Adventure with silent charlie as the Shelly Winters character, while the second in command (Shi Tzu face), prattles about irrelevancies just to give charlie the impression that he’s getting stuff done. Senor Silencio will soon learn that his upside down ship of discontented lawyers and staff will stare at his empty campaign coffers in the next 18 months or so and then decide whether to back the other (inevitable) candidate, or to just look for other employment. Silencio better have a lot of over-stuffed piggy banks lying around, because the only people in the office who will give him a dime are the administrative lawyers who feel that they don’t have a choice. Everyone else will be happy to stiff him. As it is, the felony lawyers can’t get off the sinking barge fast enough. <br /><br />How many lawyers and secretaries will go along with the re-election charade by pretending that they actually support the little emperor? Not many, which is why 2012 will surely be a momentous year... the Mayan calendar ends along with Monsieur Silencio’s attempt to impersonate a public defender. If Rick Scott gets elected, you can bet that the p.d.’s office will be canabalized by the privatizers and Silencio will be replaced by a Republican hack who wears a flag lapel pin and smells of Hai Karate aftershave. Bottom line, the office will essentially be dead thanks to the hard work of Silencio, his loyal mut and the sage advice of their salaried consultant in Colorado.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-58413364804735594222010-10-22T09:07:45.212-04:002010-10-22T09:07:45.212-04:00Dear 5:51 a.m.:
I work on cases in a civil firm u...Dear 5:51 a.m.:<br /><br />I work on cases in a civil firm until midnight multiple nights in a row. I am expected (and will be disciplined) if I come in late the next morning. I am allowed only 1 hour for lunch. I am not allowed to wear jeans or flip-flops (and as a lawyer, why should I be??)and I am not allowed to take "a few hours off" because I worked late the night before. Oh, and I have been practicing for more than 13 years.<br /><br />Yes, I make a lot more than you do. But give me the days of not having to bill every 6 minutes of my time, worrying about my billable hours, worrying about getting back from lunch 5 minutes late! Let me work at a job where I can talk with a co-worker for 10 minutes and not start sweating that I haven't billed a .2 to some poor jerk who is paying way to much for unnecessary bullshit.<br /><br />God - you are pathetic. To quote Jack Nicholson "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE ENTITLED TO!!!!"<br /><br />I wish I were THE PD for just 1 week (no more). I would line up 90% of you (including some of the senior attorneys) and fire your asses. I would then hire deserving people who appreciate what they have. <br /><br />In a perfect world!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-87039837200827879842010-10-22T08:03:28.339-04:002010-10-22T08:03:28.339-04:003:43......actually, I try hard to avoid gratuitous...3:43......actually, I try hard to avoid gratuitously bashing anyone or attacking them personally. <br /><br />While I'm sure in a moment of anger I've also said things I shouldn't, the incessant and personal nastiness on this blog is out of control. Some people take every opportunity to nail judges or attorneys whom they dislike. And I find it despicable. <br /><br />It's discouraging (to say the leasst) that you (and I'm sure others) think I'm being sanctimonious when I'm simply trying to promote professionalism and common courtesy. Is this really what our profession has become? <br /><br />BTDTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-56716358647252940982010-10-22T07:59:02.059-04:002010-10-22T07:59:02.059-04:00LOL re the "no jeans, no flip-flops, micro-ma...LOL re the "no jeans, no flip-flops, micro-managing" complaint at the PDO. Have you guys ever visited a major private firm? Maybe a major company? Or any professional business? Get real. <br /><br />When I was a young prosecutor I hated any limitations placed on my authority. Now I look back and realize why they were necessary. At both offices, for the most part, you get the discretion you earn.<br /><br />BTDTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-78932654420742715402010-10-22T05:51:50.791-04:002010-10-22T05:51:50.791-04:00About the settlement of the sexual harrasment laws...About the settlement of the sexual harrasment lawsuit: As a current APD, I would also like to know what part of the budget that the legislature allocates to the representation of clients was used to make Melenik's indiscretion go away. Was Mr. Melenik's salary affected? I bet not. Just more evidence that shows that the 5th floor is disconnected and plays favorites. And yet the 5th floor salaries make up what percentage of the budget? And, who besides Guy Robinson, actively represents any clients up there?<br /><br />See why morale is in the dumps? Carlos may personally be a nice guy, but he's letting some very not so nice things go on around him. Sends a bad message to those of use who show up to do our job and practice law everyday.<br /><br />The no jeans, no flip-flops, micro-managing is bad enough, but coupled with blatant disregard of the hard workers in support of clowns like Melenik, boils into the perfect storm of malcontent.<br /><br />Oh, and it's true, office is dead exactly at 5 o'clock now. No one works a minute extra, no weekend visits to jails, none of that. Why should I? When I stay in trial until 11 pm one night, and the next day want to come in a couple of hours late, and you reprimand me and make me use annual leave time instead of the comp time that as a Florida Exempt employee I'm entitled to? 5th floor is just clueless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-64086626909598235992010-10-21T18:30:04.140-04:002010-10-21T18:30:04.140-04:00I will galdly debate my understanding and histori...I will galdly debate my understanding and historical perspective on the need and belief about the 1st Admendment and the Doctrine of Seperation of Church and State. But I look from a perspective of 2000 years of NOT being in the "STATE RELIGION". Plymouth Bay, Rhode Island, Conn. PA amd Maryland are colonies set up for limited Religios freedom. ( ONLY RI AND PA FOR ALL) . And they oppressed religios minoritys.<br />DSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-59816772803966664962010-10-21T15:34:48.779-04:002010-10-21T15:34:48.779-04:00Oh come on BDTD. You are just as guilty as the ne...Oh come on BDTD. You are just as guilty as the next person. You just like Flora and you add in Adrien to make yourself look magnanamous. Sue Ellen, please give us all a break. How many times have you made anonymous postings kicking those who are down. Stop acting so high and mighty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-72930201869004079652010-10-21T11:28:21.037-04:002010-10-21T11:28:21.037-04:005:56.........regardless, EVERY kid who attends Ame...5:56.........regardless, EVERY kid who attends American schools learns about the separation of church and state. It is MORE than frightening that a candidate for one of the highest offices in the country was unaware that it even existed and downright terrifying that she would challenge that notion. THOSE are the real points of this.<br /><br />BTDTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-87019118117322471852010-10-21T10:26:58.857-04:002010-10-21T10:26:58.857-04:00Finally - someone publicly mentioned the settlemen...Finally - someone publicly mentioned the settlement of the sexual harrasment case @ the PD's office. Do tell -- was State funding used to compensate that victim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-54645307527558670352010-10-21T05:56:50.613-04:002010-10-21T05:56:50.613-04:00D.S. - your view of history seems to be uninformed...D.S. - your view of history seems to be uninformed. You should check out “Separation of Church and State,” by Philip Hamburger in which he establishes in his classic book on the subject, is not in the language of the first amendment, was not favored by any influential framer at the time of the first amendment, and was not its purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-30663588953089945292010-10-20T18:24:55.688-04:002010-10-20T18:24:55.688-04:00Some of us Cubans apologize for Rubio. Just sayin...Some of us Cubans apologize for Rubio. Just saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-31369378759925865202010-10-20T18:03:27.103-04:002010-10-20T18:03:27.103-04:009:56
The 1st admendment religous clause create the...9:56<br />The 1st admendment religous clause create the legal framework that seperates Church from State. If you are familar w/ the now 2000 year melding of Church, Relgion and the State in Western History and the aftershooks of the Reformation, which the FOUNDERS were well aware of, you would understand that the State has no business being tied w/ religion. That is what the 2 clause in the 1st admendment do.<br />D.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-9299742287522857352010-10-20T14:36:05.926-04:002010-10-20T14:36:05.926-04:00Guess my remarks about Marco Rubio were too much f...Guess my remarks about Marco Rubio were too much for you too handle Rumpy so you didn't post them! Like many people in Miami are you too afraid to speak out against the Cubans lest you get death threats and black balled?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-35737232671869941272010-10-20T14:28:25.832-04:002010-10-20T14:28:25.832-04:00rumpolio
why no mention about cronin's dismis...rumpolio<br /><br />why no mention about cronin's dismissal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-46533112473099285872010-10-20T14:15:09.712-04:002010-10-20T14:15:09.712-04:00long time readers might remember sleepy b. rumpole...long time readers might remember sleepy b. rumpole, can you please repost that picture? He made carlos his air apparent. The blame rests with sleepy b...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-48898722242809336412010-10-20T13:09:33.190-04:002010-10-20T13:09:33.190-04:00If the PD's office wants to save some money ma...If the PD's office wants to save some money maybe they should not print out multiple sets of the jail locations for the inmates and leave one on each floor. That is like lighting money on fire each day. All of that information is available online for FREE. Why would you spend $1,000's per year in wasted paper, ink, and time to print that textbook out each day? And if something so simple and wasteful like that goes on every day it begs the question how much more money is being wasted on other stupid things at the office??? It is clearly time for an outside consultant to come in and review ALL of the practices of the office and make recommendations for ways to make the office run more efficiently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-40071615737501819662010-10-20T12:53:55.133-04:002010-10-20T12:53:55.133-04:00Candidate for Florida attorney general is not much...Candidate for Florida attorney general is not much better. She ran away from Michael Putney on channel 10 news when he wanted to have an impromtu debate forum with Gelber. <br /><br />She is very weak and does not deserve your vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-21258211958408706832010-10-20T11:44:33.636-04:002010-10-20T11:44:33.636-04:00DS, Tou mean scary, Right?DS, Tou mean scary, Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-3612819382198040492010-10-20T11:14:34.445-04:002010-10-20T11:14:34.445-04:00The PDs and SAOs should be happy they have jobs. A...The PDs and SAOs should be happy they have jobs. All of you, quit your bitching and whining. Do your job the best you can and it'll all work out for you.<br />And if you don't like it, find somewhere else to work. (see how easy another job is to come by and how much better you'll like staying at a civil firm til 10 pm weekdays)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-37268347796865647022010-10-20T10:48:06.477-04:002010-10-20T10:48:06.477-04:00Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:23:00 PM. Are you hav...Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:23:00 PM. Are you having problems reading and comprehending what I wrote. I said that I leave it to the client. If they want to close their case, knowing full well the consequences and indicates to me that they want to take the plea, then so be it. Even if it is a stupid possession case, if the client wants to fight it, then we fight. All I am saying is that I leave it to the client. I don't rubber stamp anything and I don't push any plea on them. Most PD clients have been through the system so long and heard their rights read to them more times than most lawyers. They can choose what they want to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-60561269885459269192010-10-20T10:27:46.418-04:002010-10-20T10:27:46.418-04:0010:52 BTDT: Well said.10:52 BTDT: Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-16202596235734684732010-10-20T09:56:30.269-04:002010-10-20T09:56:30.269-04:00As you well know, the doctrine of "separation...As you well know, the doctrine of "separation of church and state" is not found in the 1st Amendment. The 1st Amendment has two clauses: the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. The "separation of church and state" is a judicial gloss on the 1st Amendment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-6854344515876929872010-10-20T09:53:21.474-04:002010-10-20T09:53:21.474-04:00Denaro would be a disgrace.Denaro would be a disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-141576395249535572010-10-20T07:05:14.751-04:002010-10-20T07:05:14.751-04:00Rumpole
Just tOO Funny to ignore.
DS
http://www....Rumpole<br /> Just tOO Funny to ignore.<br />DS<br />http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk-elections/article/christine-odonnell-first-amendment-question-floors-audience-video/19680390<br /><br />O'Donnell's Constitution Question Floors Audience...<br /> Coons returned the conversation to the question of the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state<br /> The First Amendment establishes the separation, the fact that the federal government shall not establish any religion, and decisional law by the Supreme Court over many, many decades --"<br />O' Donnell then interrupted. "The First Amendment does?" she asked, skeptically. <br />Coons continued his explanation, and O'Donnell interrupted again. "So you're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-57486912209884699582010-10-20T06:46:36.608-04:002010-10-20T06:46:36.608-04:00I don't think rump was fired b the PDO. I thin...I don't think rump was fired b the PDO. I think he once applied and was not hired.The bitterness comes through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com