All eyes are on Slosberg-commission showdown

[traceline]

Hey guys look what i read :

 

All eyes are on Slosberg-commission showdown

Published June 3, 2006

 

 

Political activist Andre Fladell sees Tuesday's expected showdown between Palm Beach County commissioners and state Rep. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, as "the best ticket in Palm Beach County."

 

Better than a Broadway show. A hotter ticket than Celine Dion in Vegas.

 

It all stems from Slosberg's knack for irritating many, perhaps most, of his elected Democratic colleagues.

 

He's been openly feuding with several in recent months as he grabs attention for his bid an open Florida Senate seat.

 

The issue of the day concerns his seat on the board of the county Health Care District.

 

His term on the board, set to expire Sept. 30, was jeopardized after he put out a glossy Senate campaign advertisement that hyped his role on the board. That enraged County Commissioner Jeff Koons, who decided Slosberg must go.

 

Slosberg responded by going on the offensive, accusing the health care district of accumulating bloated cash reserves while failing to adequately serve the county's elderly residents. He said removal is an attempt to silence him.

 

He also said Koons was playing politics. Regardless of whether that's true -- Koons denies it -- politics is the only reason Slosberg is on the health board in the first place.

 

His appointment was a political maneuver orchestrated by Commissioner Burt Aaronson and supported by Koons.

 

In 2004, Aaronson was facing primary and general election challengers and forged a political alliance with Slosberg. Aaronson persuaded a commission majority to replace Republican Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits with Slosberg.

 

The three commission Democrats -- Aaronson, Koons and Addie Greene -- voted to replace Nikolits with Slosberg. Republican Tony Masilotti supplied the fourth vote. Nikolits' longtime executive assistant is Jeanne Ray, mother of Commissioner Mary McCarty, who is a bitter political enemy of Masilotti's.

 

Within days of that vote, Greene said she regretted going along, calling it "one of the biggest mistakes I've made in my political career."

 

Aaronson supports Koons' attempt to remove Slosberg.

 

There's even more political irony at play. The leading candidates to replace Slosberg are two of his chief foes in the legislative delegation, state Reps. Susan Bucher, D-Royal Palm Beach, and Richard Machek, D-Delray Beach.

 

Other names circulating are Nikolits, who was ousted in the move that installed Slosberg, state Rep. Anne Gannon, D-Delray Beach, and Clerk of the Circuit Court Sharon Bock.

[CSCfan]

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Just because Celine's name is mentioned doesn't make it a Celine News Edited June 3, 2006 at 09:14 PM by Joy

[Bullet]

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[traceline]

I found it only i didnt read all that is a bulletin

[xo1hrt4celineox]

well it isn't really news, but YAY nonetheless! Maybe the topic should be "Celine mentioned" instead?

[HelenCeline27]

ok i dont think its news

i really dont know what it is lol

[VanMerlin]

Politics, my friends...politics. I'm going to sleep now...zzzzzzz