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EXPOSING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TAMARAC RECALL EFFORT!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Upon recent review of those who signed petitions to recall Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad, Tamaractruth.com has discovered that one of the signors is former Commissioner Michelle Gomez. While Ms. Gomez certainly has the right to sign the petition. It yet again raise questions as to who is behind this recall effort and why.

Former Commissioner and Hebrew-National Heiress Gomez stated the following to the Sun Sentinel on January 26, 2013;

Michelle Gomez, appointed by the commission to serve in Atkins-Grad's seat during the suspension, will run for office if the recall is successful.

She said she will not sign the recall petition "because I don't want it be me versus her" — unless recall organizers tell her they are literally one signature short of the required number.

"Then I'll be happy to sign," she said.

Interestingly enough, on February 12, 2013, Ms. Gomez broke her word and signed the petition. Based on the representations of Recall Committee, there was never any doubt they had more than the requisite signors for the recall. Ultimately, as reported in the media, the Recall Committee turned over more petitions then required. Since the Committee was never “literally one short”, Ms. Gomez lied to the media.

In light of the above, the role of Former Republican Commissioner Gomez in the recall effort raises many questions…

Since its inception, there have been rumors that Ms. Gomez has been funding the recall effort since she had the most to gain by its success. Unfortunately, since Florida law does not require groups seeking a recall election to disclose their benefactors, we will never know the truth.

It is known that Ms. Gomez comports herself around the City as merely temporarily exiled from her rightful seat on the dais and has assured residents she will be back in office very soon.

The bigger question is if Hebrew National Heiress Gomez is funding this recall effort under a cloak of darkness, are these machinations much different from the political manipulations seen in Tamarac politics over the years?

Sadly, since we will never know who is funding the recall effort, these questions will never be answered.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tamaractruth.com has discovered that there are those who signed the petitions to recall Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad who do not live in the District. To confirm, while their identities are public record, we will only disclose the following individuals’ initials and partial addresses;

GT – NW 38^th Drive, Lauderhill
AS -- NW 90^th Ave, Sunrise
SM – NW 45^th St, Lauderhill
BM – NE 39^th St Pompano
EL – Inverary Drive, Lauderhill
ML – Address not given
CC – Sunrise Lakes Boulevard, Sunrise
CC – NW 49^th Court, Lauderhill
RC – NW 49^th Court, Lauderhill

These ineligible signors clearly show yet again the “win at all costs” mentality and lack of honesty by the Recall Committee. It also raises the question of how many other petitions may be signed by convicted felons, individuals who live out of the District and/or those ineligible for other reasons. It appears the Recall Committee was satisfied to have anyone sign their name to their petitions.

Most importantly, in light of the above, a very thorough investigation to survey those who signed petitions is needed to determine if they were eligible to sign and if they knew the cost to their City for a recall election.

Those in charge of the recall effort either knowingly turned over these faulty petitions or were too lazy to double check them. Either way, this level of ineptness raises many questions of those involved in the recall process.

To recap, last Saturday the Recall Committee falsely accused someone being behind Tamaractruth.com (which has subsequently removed from their page) and now we have proof the Recall Committee submitted faulty petitions to the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office.

In light of the information we know as to the questionable actions of the Recall Committee, can we be sure this is not the tip of the iceberg? How can anyone expect Commissioner Atkins-Grad to resign when more and more questions are raised about the truthfulness and veracity of those involved in the recall process?

“Paid political advertisement paid for personally and approved by Patte Atkins-Grad, 5903 Blue Beech Place, Tamarac , Florida 33319 independently of any candidate or committee .”

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