So, as some of you have been reminding me for a bit -often quite sarcastically- I've been kicking myself for NOT remembering to post this email of mine to about 125 or so people in Hollywood, Broward, Miami and Tallahassee weeks ago, so, today I'm combining news and emails of mine from today and from March 31st, 2026.
It both connects-the-dots and makes clear my own longtime POV on my blog and on my Twitter feed since returning to South Florida after 15 years of living and working in the Washington, D.C. area, and spending ENORMOUS amounts of time on Capitol Hill: ethics and integrity matter.
April 21, 2026 2:25 pm
No más! #FL20 Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick RESIGNS in disgrace minutes before she can be expelled from Congress this afternoon
SCM remained as defiant as ever, as do the other #SoFL Dem reps who want to argue process, racism or otherwise ignore the $5-plus million taxpayer that went adios.
She was scheduled to be expelled from Congress at 2 pm, even as DWS was arguing that she should get the benefit of the doubt -and due process- until her trial in Miami.
But as per usual, DWS did NOT wait for due process with unscrupulous George Santos of NY last year.
She was scheduled to be expelled from Congress at 2 pm, even as DWS was arguing that she should get the benefit of the doubt -and due process- until her trial in Miami.
But as per usual, DWS did NOT wait for due process with unscrupulous George Santos of NY last year.
As of 2:15 pm, the same 99% of #SoFL media who knew and STILL know nada re the case against Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and who were no-shows at her ethics hearing, STILL NOT reporting today's news.
I personally believe that it's 100% that IF the Florida state legislature does the mid-census redistricting process in the next few weeks that Gov. DeSantis has been hinting/talking about since last year, what is now #FL20 is going to be configured in VERY different and interesting ways that allow much-smarter and much-better qualified candidates to run to represent parts of Broward and Florida in Congress.
Based on some recent conversations and lengthy emails I've had with some very well-connected people in both Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. that I know and respect very highly -and who have a rep for being prescient- I now have some very good leads on who some of the possible Congressional candidates are who MIGHT run for the 4 CDs that would be changed if the redistricting process goes forward.
Some are names you'll recognize, while some are under-the-radar right now from a Florida media perspective.
Some are names you'll recognize, while some are under-the-radar right now from a Florida media perspective.
More on that within the next few weeks!
Friendly reminder: One of my former housemates from the 15 years I lived in #ArlingtonVA is now in Congress, representing a state far from Florida, and was both the former Senate Majority Leader and then Attorney General of their state.
Dave
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March 31, 2026
No más! Sun Sentinel Editorial Board throws in the #Broward towel on Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick -whom they never truly vetted in the first place, as has often been discussed by me in past blog post, Tweets and personal conversations and emails with SO many of you over the past few years:
"Whether by her own resignation or a two-thirds vote of the House on expulsion, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick needs to go."
So, truly the unkindest Broward cut of all!
The liberal Broward mouthpiece that didn't even bother to cover last Thursday's House ethics hearing in-person, finally gives up the ghost.
So, truly the unkindest Broward cut of all!
The liberal Broward mouthpiece that didn't even bother to cover last Thursday's House ethics hearing in-person, finally gives up the ghost.
The newspaper DID finally post something about the hearing, on Saturday, but it was an AP dispatch written by two non-SFSS reporters.
https://apnews.com/.../congress-ethics-cherfilusmccormick...
https://apnews.com/.../congress-ethics-cherfilusmccormick...
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board :
Whether by her own resignation or a two-thirds vote of the House on expulsion, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick needs to go.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/.../congresswoman-should.../
https://www.facebook.com/share/1L49iSSFBV/
Whether by her own resignation or a two-thirds vote of the House on expulsion, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick needs to go.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/.../congresswoman-should.../
https://www.facebook.com/share/1L49iSSFBV/
IMO, unsurprisingly, showing the lack of conviction and integrity we've come to expect from them over the years, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, #FL23 Rep. Jared Moskowitz and, of course, #FL25 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, despite the tsunami of damning evidence of public corruption and sense of entitlement do NOT currently think that SCM should resign from Congress, as mentioned yesterday in the only thing that the newspaper's one and only political reporter, Anthony Man, has actually written since last Thursday's powerful and damning hearing.
Really.
The ONLY thing! How embarrassing!
But then Anthony Man has been off of X/Twitter since November of 2024, largely to avoid any and all constructive criticism of his "coverage" and noticeable political favoritism and well-known blind spots, so this is par for the course.
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Governor candidate Jolly calls for Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignation
Anthony Man
March 30, 2026
Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly called on U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to resign after a House Ethics Subcommittee concluded she had committed 25 ethics violations, including breaking campaign finance laws.
Governor candidate Jolly calls for Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignation
Anthony Man
March 30, 2026
Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly called on U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to resign after a House Ethics Subcommittee concluded she had committed 25 ethics violations, including breaking campaign finance laws.
Jolly, who is a former member of Congress, is the only major Florida Democrat to call for the Broward-Palm Beach County congresswoman’s resignation.
Read the rest of the article at:
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/.../democratic-governor.../
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/.../democratic-governor.../
NOT mentioned in the article above - surprise, surprise- IF convicted of all felony counts, SCM faces 53 years in prison.
53 real years!
Dave
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