SFL Friday -- See It Like A Native

Kids, it's been a long week, filled with highs, lows, twists, turns, mountains and valleys -- and that's just in a single order -- so I plan to cut out early and get my windsurfing on.

Before I go, fallout from the scandal involving Broward Judge Ana Gardiner continues, with the Bar reopening an investigation of prosecutor Howard Scheinberg, the judge not showing up for work, and this curious episode:

Chief Broward Judge Victor Tobin dodged a Sun Sentinel reporter who waited outside his chambers Thursday for two hours to speak to him about Gardiner's absence.

"Dodged"??

Seriously?

What are they feeding these reporters nowadays-- come on, Tobin's good but he's not that fast!

Well, either way it's nice to get your definitions straight, expose yourself to art, and ditch your business cards for Facebook(?).

Have a great weekend everyone!

It's Nice to Have Friends

You gotta love how they do things in Broward:

As she presided over a first-degree murder case, Broward Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner engaged in a close and inappropriate personal relationship with the prosecutor, a state judicial watchdog agency claimed in charges filed Wednesday.

Because of the allegations against Gardiner, the defendant in the case, who had been sentenced to death, has been granted a new trial.

From March 23 through August 24, 2007, Gardiner and then prosecutor Howard Scheinberg had 949 telephone calls and exchanged 471 text messages, according to the complaint filed by the Judicial Qualifications Commission.

Gardiner, 48, is also accused of improperly discussing and joking with Scheinberg about the case at Timpano's, an upscale Fort Lauderdale restaurant, four days before a Broward County jury returned a guilty verdict.

JAAB has tons of additional links here.

Yawn.

Sure it's a scandal and all, but the real question that needs to be answered immediately is this: were they friends on Facebook?

(Note to Dade County Bar -- you need a better way to link to your articles.)