FloridaDUers -Broward County in particular

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please explain this

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1270995.html
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Former Tamarac City Commissioner Ed Portner, 84, was arrested Tuesday night after pointing a gun at his daughter, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report.

Portner, who is running for Tamarac mayor, has been upset that his daughter endorsed his opponent Mayor Beth Flansbaum-Talabisco.

Portner, who was in jail Wednesday, could not be reached for comment. Portner hired lawyer Mike Dutko, said Ritter's husband, Russ Klenet, who added that he and his wife did not arrange for the attorney.
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Stacy Ritter is a Democrat. Is her father a Rethug?

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1. According to the Broward voter file he's unfortunately a Dem.

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

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3. Why is he running for anything other than the

bathroom at his age? What a crazy act - must be the onset of dementia.

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6. Actually the tax assessor of Orange County is ten years older than him.

This is Florida after all..

:D

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2. too many twinkies

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4. Latest update

Usual quirky South Florida politics.

Fyi the arrest happened last week and Portner spent four days days in the jug. He was let go on Friday.
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Portner Will Stay in Race, Says Pointing Gun at Daughter Was Stupidest Thing Ever
By Bob Norman Mon., Oct. 12 2009 @ 8:24AM
Edward Portner says he won't be campaigning for the Tamarac mayor's seat after being released from jail, but he won't withdraw from the race either.
The 84-year-old Portner was released from jail on Friday after he menaced his daughter, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter, with a gun at her Parkland home. Portner, a former Tamarac city commissioner, was angry not only that his daughter supported his opponent, Mayor Beth Flansbaum-Talabisco, but also because he felt that she wasn't showing her mother, 81-year-old Helen Portner, the "proper respect" either. He said the gun was never loaded and he never intended to harm her physically.
"My irritation has been building up for a long time, not for myself but for my wife," Portner told me this morning. " never called; she never came over to see my wife. My wife has two broken hips in 18 months; she is almost blind in one eye. I felt Stacy wasn't showing her the proper respect. What I did wasn't about me; it was about my wife."
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More from Bob Norman, likely the best political blogger in South Florida:

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/10/edward_portner_stacy_ritter_tamarac.php#more

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5. Oh My

Florida is the greatest!

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7. Florida has serious gun crime laws 10-20-LIFE.

He better hope for a lenient judge.