Of all the things Lauren Book has done, it took THIS to get people to rebuke her

Floridiots don't seem to care that Lauren Books grooms and indoctrinates schools with her dubious abuse narratives, funneling millions in taxpayer bucks into her fake charity while sitting as head of the Senate Appropriations committee, forces people into homelessness, engages in stochastic terrorism, filed SLAPP Suits and false reports against critics, stabbed Parkland shooting victims in the back, false accused her political opponents of corruption, failing to attend state senate hearings, violating state senate rules, being completely inept at her job, needing her DUI daddy Ron Book to do her work for her, helped Ron DeSantis pass censorship laws criminalizing political criticism and free speech, her connection to the GEO group private prison industry, her donations to Republicans, her ill-advised prostitution registry, running a PAC out of her home which collected millions for uncontested elections, or her pro-murder stances. Nope. Floridiots don't mind.

But propose banning letting dogs hang their heads out windows in movin cars, and the online mobs get her to stand down. 

Even Florida Politics, a website that fellates Lauren Book as often as ESPN does to Tom Brady, called Lauren a "loser:"

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/590780-winner-and-loser-of-the-week-in-florida-politics-week-of-2-19-23/

Dishonorable mention: Lauren Book. Book had to walk back with a tucked tail after outcry over a provision she proposed banning drivers from letting a dog stick its head outside a car window.

The provision — part of a much larger animal safety bill filled with less controversial regulations — had many wanting to swat the bill with a bundled up newspaper, despite its aim at keeping those animals safe.

First, the Senate Democratic Leader put out a statement responding to some of the criticism, noting she was willing to be flexible on that rule while keeping the spirit of the full bill intact.

“Our family has three dogs — two of which are 150 pounds each and love sticking their heads out the window — so I welcome and appreciate all public comment on this issue, which is only one piece of a complete proposed overhaul of the state’s animal welfare system as brought to me by veterinarians and advocates,” Book said.

“We can easily amend this piece out of the bill while protecting the intent of the animal welfare community and vets who proposed the policy because of unintended injuries they’ve treated — and we will. In the meantime, let’s all invest in a good pair of “doggles” to keep our furry friends safe.”

Eventually, Book confirmed that provision would be dropped from the animal safety bill.

“The public has spoken,” said Claire VanSusteren, a Book spokeswoman. “She’s heard from folks who feel really strongly about this. This is not something that Floridians want.”

-- IF ONLY FLORIDIOTS CARED ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTERED!

I think Lauren Book is wearing Doggles on a regular basis. What else can you call those oversized atrocities she sports on her Basal Knob she calls a nose?

If you're a fan of Lauren Book you may as well be a Cleveland Browns fan. They win games a few times a year but they still suck and are perennial losers, just like Book. 

At any rate, lauren Book's biggest loss to date is still losing to Derek Logue three time in court, but I'd like to see Book get embarassed, even on an issue like this. Bimbo Book is unfit for the State Senate.

 PS: Book's bill proposes an "animal abuser registry," which has been overshadowed over letting mutts sticking their heads out windows. The cunt sure loves government blacklists!

FloriDUH State Senator Lauren Book is a potential DEATH-Santis ally in allowing death penalty cases

 I see Lauren Book is still expoloiting the Stoneman Douglas shooting victims for cheap publicity despite stabbing them in the back. It does not surprise me the woman who is okay with abortion also wants to make it easier to have people executed, so once again we see the inept Democrat "leader" siding with Ron De(ath)Santis. 

I guess now Bimbo Book needs a fitting death-related nickname. She LOVES destroying human life. 

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/583056-could-there-be-bipartisan-support-for-changes-to-floridas-death-penalty-laws/

Bimbo Book seen here illustrating how
much she REALLY cares about the
Parkland shooting victims

Could there be bipartisan support for changes to Florida’s death penalty laws?

Christine Jordan Sexton

January 23, 2023

'If ever there was a person who deserved the death penalty, Nikolas Cruz is that person.'

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to scrap the requirement that a jury must unanimously recommend the death penalty before a judge can impose it. And the Governor’s suggestion could have bipartisan support.

Democratic leaders of the House and Senate took different positions on the issue, with House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell standing firmly behind the current requirement that a jury verdict be unanimous. Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book, meanwhile, called it a “tough issue.”

“When you are looking at the possibility of the ultimate punishment, putting someone to death, you have to make sure that you get it right. And Florida leads the nation in exonerations, meaning that we lead the nation in getting it wrong,” Driskell said.

According to the Death Policy Information Center Florida, has 30 exonerations, more than any other state. More than 56% of the exonerations involved Black defendants. Driskell said the requirement that a jury verdict be unanimous eliminates accountability.

Book, who is from Broward County, said intellectually she agreed with Driskell. But Book said it’s a tough issue in Broward County, where a jury last summer could not agree on recommending the death penalty for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman. He wound up getting sentenced to life in prison. Lawyers argued the shooter, who killed 17 people and injured 17 others, was a fetal alcohol baby who was misdiagnosed.

Book called the jury’s decision in the sentencing phase a “gross miscarriage of justice.”

“If ever there was a person who deserved the death penalty, Nikolas Cruz is that person,” Book said. “I know that there will be robust debate and I know there are people who fall on different pieces and parts of the continuum within our caucus. But I do believe that we get it wrong. And it has to be right. I think that this is one that we are going to debate and it’s a tough one. It’s a tough one for Broward County.”

Florida was one of the last states that did not require a unanimous recommendation for the death penalty. In the wake of court decisions, legislators initially changed the law to require that 10 out of 12 jurors must recommend the death penalty. Lawmakers then changed the standard to require unanimity after a state Supreme Court ruling mandated unanimity.

But after DeSantis shifted the court rightward with new appointments, the court reversed its 2016 decision and said a unanimous recommendation was not needed, opening the door for another update.

DeSantis on Monday did not say what the unanimous vote should be replaced with, other than a “supermajority.”

“We can’t be in a situation where one person can just derail this,” DeSantis said at the Florida Sheriff Association’s winter meeting in St. Johns County.

Ron Book wants to leave immigrants out in the cold

 Once again, we see Ronald "Stagger" Lee Book proving he is a heartless son of a bitch. 

Unfortunately, the Miasma Herald has locked thw whole story behind a paywall, but thankfully the low points were mentioned in their official Tweets:

FL State Senator Lauren Book's ineptitude on full display in the 2022 midterm elections

Profession Victim Barbie is in way over her head

Braindead FL State Senator Lauren Book benefitted from gerrymandering as she moved to a divided district to steal an election. That is literally the only thing she has accomplished this year. Meanwhile, Republicans easily flipped the state red, and in the state senate, only 12 of 40 state Senate seats are represented by Democrats and money from Republicans. I have already discussed how the Democratic party is dying under Book's ineptitude. And she votes with the DeSantis agenda more times than people realize. She doesn't bother showing up to important legislative meetings and when she does, she is too busy chatting with colleages to vote.

Is anyone suprised that the Democratic Party is dying now that Book is their weasel-faced leader? Bimbo Book has always enjoyed wasting taxpayer funds on driving around the state in a gaudy bus. And while Democrats struggled with fundraising, Book collected yet another fat check at the expense of the Floridiots who voted for her. (She is also still raking in GEO Group blood money.)

The cunt should've been voted out so she can go back to her only trick (aside from the one in her leaked videos), playing the professional victim. 

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2022/11/10/midterms-desantis-rubio-republican/

About a week before what turned out to be an electoral catastrophe for Democrats in Florida, two state senators took a bus trip to save what was left of their party.

Jason Pizzo and Lauren Book were being realistic. They aimed to retain two vulnerable colleagues, while hoping to flip a Miami-area seat. They weren’t trying to turn the Republican-led Senate blue. Democrats could only hope to avoid complete irrelevance by winning these three Senate seats.

With no signs of a promised multi-million-dollar voter registration push by their party, they tried to beef up registration in targeted areas. Pizzo, of Miami, pledged at least $500,000 from his own campaign coffers to help other Democrats.

“If all of these races end up as a tie, we won, because we did so with one-quarter of the money, no state help, no local help, no national help,” Pizzo said last week from the bus as it passed through central Florida.

Yet Tuesday night was much worse for Florida Democrats than even some of the most optimistic Republicans had predicted. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio vanquished their opponents by double digits. DeSantis-backed school board candidates won numerous races down the ballot. Republicans seized super-majorities in both legislative chambers. All three of the state Senate candidates that Pizzo and Book tried to help lost by at least six points...

“They pull resources from us, and it makes it very, very difficult for us to be successful,” said Book, D-Plantation, who’s in charge of electing Senate Democrats. She was talking about the Florida Democratic Party...

Democrats haven’t controlled the governor’s mansion or either chamber of the Legislature since 1999. But 2022 marked a new low, characterized by a startling mix of incompetence and national indifference. After this election, no Democrat will hold statewide office for the first time since the late 1800s.

“Turnout for Democrats was super low, and the Florida Democratic Party had no unifying message. They gave up on voter registration,” said state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, one of the party’s most outspoken, progressive members who lost a close reelection race for his Orlando-area district. “The national Democratic Party abandoned our state as far as funding and resources.”

In February, the state party announced a $2.5 million effort to close its voter registration gap with Republicans, promising “six-figure registration numbers by October.”

Democrats delivered on the six-figure promise — in the wrong direction. The party lost about 114,000 registered voters from the end of 2021 to October. During that time, Republicans widened their registration edge from 43,000 to nearly 293,000 more by Election Day...

As Democrats pick up the pieces of a bitter round of defeats, it’s unclear where they go from here. The party has no standard bearer. Diaz, the party’s chairperson, has been facing calls to resign since late October.

Observers note that the Democrats’ problems may coalesce into a death spiral. Dramatic losses make future candidates less prone to run. Lesser-quality candidates make it harder to raise money. With less money, bigger election losses become more common. With the new electoral maps drawn by DeSantis’ office heavily favoring Republicans, the future only gets tougher for Democrats.

Ron Book donates $1500 to dubious Palm Beach County housing PAC

Ron Book "cares" so much about the homeless,
he looks like he hasn't slept under a roof in years.

Ron Book's name pops up in yet another dubious housing scheme. By the way, Ron Book doesn't have throat cancer, throat cancer has Ron Book. 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-col-schultz-affordable-housing-pac-20221011-jj365w6eyrbw5cafre3yxoqwsa-story.html

Palm Beach County’s affordable housing scam | Randy Schultz

By Randy Schultz

South Florida Sun Sentinel

Oct 11, 2022 at 3:23 pm

A recent mailer in support of Palm Beach County’s affordable housing bond referendum looks very civic-minded.

Don’t believe it.

The mailer comes from Hometown Housing Trust. It features first responders and teachers and asks voters to support the $200 million bond program on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Hometown Housing Trust also has a website. It promises that the referendum will deliver 20,000 homes and apartments for “the people who keep us safe and provide so many of the things that make Palm Beach County a great place to live.”

The problem of affordable housing is real. But here’s the reality of Hometown Housing Trust.

Randy Schultz is a Sun Sentinel columnist. (Mike Slaughter / Sun Sentinel/South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Behind this political action committee are developers and their representatives who helped to cause the affordable housing crisis by not building enough affordable housing in the first place. Now they want public subsidies for developers, overseen by county commissioners who get donations from those same developers and their representatives.

Hometown Housing Trust had raised nearly $400,000 through Sept. 29. One of the largest contributions — $25,000 — came from GL Homes.

The company’s headquarters actually is in Broward County. But given how many homes the company has built in Palm Beach County, “hometown” might not be a stretch.

Very little of that building, though, has been affordable housing. As The Palm Beach Post reported, GL lobbied the county to relax rules that required builders to include affordable units in their projects. In just two examples, GL avoided having to build roughly 700 such units, which have lower profit margins.

The company is now offering to build 277 moderately priced units near Boca Raton — but only if GL Homes can build 1,000 high-end homes where rules now don’t allow them. The trade could mean an extra $750 million for the company.

Under Florida law, the seven commissioners and top administrators can’t campaign for the afordable housing referendum. So the Economic Council of Palm Beach County and CEO Michele Jacobs are taking the lead. Which brings us to Hometown Housing Trust.

A GL vice president serves on the council’s board. So does an executive from Minto Communities, which donated $10,000. So does an executive from Florida Crystals, which donated $50,000. In addition to producing sugar, Florida Crystals has a real estate operation.

Indeed, almost all of Hometown Housing Trust’s donations have come from developers or their representatives. One of the many real estate lawyers who donated serves on the council’s executive committee. He’s a registered lobbyist for GL Homes.

Another lawyer/contributor works for the firm whose address is that of Hometown Housing Trust. Several other contributors are council board members.

The group got $25,000 from The Richman Group, which builds multi-family housing. Another $25,000 came from Miami-based Pinnacle Communities, also a multi-family builder.

Just for good measure, Hometown Housing Trust got $1,500 from Ron Book. He’s the very well-connected Tallahassee lobbyist whose daughter is a state senator. From Broward County.

The Palm Beach Post also reported that the economic council helped to craft the referendum at the request of home builders, who resisted options that could cost them. The proposal thus would shift responsibility for solving the problem onto the public and away from the industry that created it.

Hometown Housing Trust’s mailer says the referendum is all about helping regular folks. The money says otherwise.

Florida State Senator Lauren Book voted YES on the Ron DeSantis Budget that included $12 million to send Texas migrants to Massachusetts

FloriDUH State Senator Lauren Book is blasting Ron DeSantis for using $12 million of FloriDUH's taxpayer funds to fly migrants from Texas to FloriDUH to Massachusetts in the much-maligned publicity stunt. 

But Book voted FOR the bill that gave DeSantis the $12 million in the first place, just as I previously reported Book voted FOR the DeSantis anti-protest bill. 

I guess to be fair to Bimbo Book, she was too busy counting the $2 million that her scam... er, her "charity" got in the budget to give a shit where the rest of the money went:

Safer, Smarter Schools (HB 3955) (Senate Form 2097).......   $2,000,000 (For those not in the know, Lauren Book's charity "Lauren's Kids" is the sole beneficiary of this state sponsored program.)

This is why Senate District 35 should've voted for Barbara Sharief. Book cannot be bothered to read a bill because she's too busy collecting a salary from a charity she runs and gives money to while sitting on the Senate Appropriations Committee. 

Multimillionaire Ron Book took out $300k in PPP loans which were forgiven

This is a lot of beer money or enought to buy a new Lamborghini since he crashed his old one in a drunken stupor. Ronald "Stagger" Lee Book took out TWO roughly $150k loans a year apart, and never paid a dime on them:

https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/ronald-l-book-p-a-5763687305

https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/ronald-l-book-p-a-5406828907

Ron and Lauren Book are officers in numerous businesses so it is making looking for more PPP loans the Book Crime Family collected and did not pay off. Maybe Samantha and Chase Book also have unpaid PPP loans?

https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ByOfficerOrRegisteredAgent

I may be able to add to this as I search through the numerous corporations run by Ron and lauren Book at the least:

Officer/RA Name Entity Name Entity Number

BOOK, LAUREN WE DO CARE ABOUT RWANDANS, INC. N99000006293

BOOK, LAUREN F LAUREN F. BOOK, LLC L16000201366

BOOK, LAUREN F LAUREN F. BOOK, LLC L16000201366

BOOK, LAUREN F THE FAMILY JEWELS DESIGN STUDIO, INC. P19000051761

BOOK, RON EXACT HOLDING NORTH AMERICA, INC. F11000001682

BOOK, RON FLORIDA'S FUTURE, INC. N00098

BOOK, RON THE FLORIDA HISTORIC CAPITOL FOUNDATION, CORPORATION N10000004100

BOOK, RON HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION, INC. N22781

BOOK, RON WE DO CARE ABOUT RWANDANS, INC. N99000006293

BOOK, RON CONFECTION CONNECTION, INC. P96000074624

BOOK, RON CONSTRUCTION CATERING/BIJAN'S JOINT VENTURE, INC. P97000070667

BOOK, RONALD GREATER MIAMI ATHLETIC CLUB, INC. 740687

BOOK, RONALD INTERIOR DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA, INC. N25852

BOOK, RONALD NEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS, INC. N51340

BOOK, RONALD RONALD L. BOOK GOVERNMENTAL CONSULTANTS, INC. P97000008283

BOOK, RONALD CCK, INC. P97000058027

BOOK, RONALD NORTH MIAMI RACING CORPORATION, INC. V47120

BOOK, RONALD MIAMI SPORTS SPECIALTIES, INC. V47123

BOOK, RONALD MIAMI SPORTS SPECIALTIES, INC. V47123

BOOK, RONALD L RONALD L. BOOK, P.A. J54314

BOOK, RONALD L GIFT SCENARIO, INC. K25472

BOOK, RONALD L GIFT SCENARIO, INC. K25472

BOOK, RONALD L A STEP ABOVE, INC. K46129

BOOK, RONALD L GO BIODIESEL, L.L.C. L07000105660

BOOK, RONALD L MEGAWATTAGE DEPLOYMENT LLC L09000092323

BOOK, RONALD L AXCM, LLC L15000050161

BOOK, RONALD L R B GROW, LLC L15000112560

BOOK, RONALD L R B GROW, LLC L15000112560

BOOK, RONALD L HAV-A-BOOK LLC L18000109747

BOOK, RONALD L OCEAN FRENCHIE, LLC L21000148017

BOOK, RONALD L THE RONALD A. SILVER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, INC. N02000001123

BOOK, RONALD L MIAMI'S ANGELS, INC. N02000004535

BOOK, RONALD L EMERGENCY ROOM COMFORT PROJECT, INC. N02000004815

BOOK, RONALD L FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC PROFESSIONALS, INC. N04000006096

BOOK, RONALD L FLORIDA WIC GROCERS ASSOCIATION, INC. N06000006353

BOOK, RONALD L LAUREN'S KIDS, INC. N07000009940

BOOK, RONALD L LAUREN'S KIDS, INC. N07000009940

BOOK, RONALD L FLORIDIANS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW, INC. N08000009170

BOOK, RONALD L FLORIDA PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, INC. N18000003990

BOOK, RONALD L OCEAN LYFE, INC. N19000000691

BOOK, RONALD L OCEAN LYFE, INC. N19000000691

BOOK, RONALD L HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. N21000011052

BOOK, RONALD L. LEISURE ACCESS FOUNDATION, INC. N44554

BOOK, RONALD L. LEISURE ACCESS FOUNDATION, INC. N44554

BOOK, RONALD L BOTANICAL LEARNING CENTER AT V.A.H.O.E.,INC. N97000003666

BOOK, RONALD L ORANGE BOWL FOUNDATION, INC. N98000003702

BOOK, RONALD L WE DO CARE ABOUT RWANDANS, INC. N99000006293

BOOK, RONALD L REIMBURSEMENT RESOURCE GROUP, INC. P01000054254

BOOK, RONALD L KAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. P02000063645

BOOK, RONALD L SJE CONCEPTS, INC. P02000122391

BOOK, RONALD L JERRON ENTERPRISES, INC. P03000003490

BOOK, RONALD L BRITBRO, INC. P03000086466

BOOK, RONALD L SHUZ, INC. P03000118717

BOOK, RONALD L ED O'DELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. P05000147329

BOOK, RONALD L URBAN INITIATIVES MEDIA, INC. P06000053764

BOOK, RONALD L BRING IDEAS 2 LIFE, INC. P07000128659

BOOK, RONALD L CAPITAL ADVOCACY GROUP, INC. P09000083465

BOOK, RONALD L CAPITAL ADVOCACY GROUP, INC. P09000083465

BOOK, RONALD L AXELIA, INC. P14000074260

BOOK, RONALD L CONCERNED WATERFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. P15000023251

BOOK, RONALD L CONCERNED WATERFRONT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. P15000030541

BOOK, RONALD L MARTIN OUTDOOR WRAPZ, INC. P16000097203

BOOK, RONALD L MARTIN OUTDOOR WRAPZ, INC. P16000097203

BOOK, RONALD L CONFECTION CONNECTIONS OF MIAMI, INC. P17000004956

BOOK, RONALD L CONFECTION CONNECTIONS OF MIAMI, INC. P17000004956

BOOK, RONALD L QKH OUTDOOR, INC. P18000027788

BOOK, RONALD L QKH OUTDOOR, INC. P18000027788

BOOK, RONALD L LSCRB, INC. P19000024359

BOOK, RONALD L LSCRB, INC. P19000024359

BOOK, RONALD L THE FAMILY JEWELS DESIGN STUDIO, INC. P19000051761

BOOK, RONALD L BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. P37341

BOOK, RONALD L INTERAMERICAN SPORTS SPECIALTIES, INC. P95000091890

BOOK, RONALD L INTERAMERICAN SPORTS SPECIALTIES, INC. P95000091890

BOOK, RONALD L JMRM INC. P96000014489

BOOK, RONALD L I. LOSANER, INC. P96000074522

BOOK, RONALD L RONALD L. BOOK GOVERNMENTAL CONSULTANTS, INC. P97000008283

BOOK, RONALD L MILO & MILO ENTERPRISES, INC. P97000088235

BOOK, RONALD L GATEWAYS UNLIMITED II, INC. P97000104086

BOOK, RONALD L GATEWAYS UNLIMITED II, INC. P97000104086

BOOK, RONALD L. ESQ. B.P.G. HOSPITAL SUPPLY, INC. H86937

BOOK, RONALD L ESQ. PARTNERSHIP FOR RECOVERY, INC. N05000011596

BOOK, RONALD L ESQ. PARTNERSHIP FOR RECOVERY, INC. N05000011596

BOOK, LESQ., RONALD THE NORTH MIAMI BEACH ITALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, INC. N98000006121

BOOK, RONALD L. ESQ. MY SHOES, INC. P11000044857

BOOK, RONALD L., P.A. ADVANCEINC EVENTS CORPORATION H76658

BOOK, SAMANTHA EMERGENCY ROOM COMFORT PROJECT, INC. N02000004815

BOOK, SAMANTHA WE DO CARE ABOUT RWANDANS, INC. N99000006293

BOOK, CHASE EMERGENCY ROOM COMFORT PROJECT, INC. N02000004815

BOOK, CHASE M OCEAN FRENCHIE, LLC L21000148017

BOOK, CHASE M OCEAN LYFE, INC. N19000000691

If you wish to do your own research into who collected PPP loans:

https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/

Welp, two more years of this dumbass pretending to be "Senate Democrat Leader"

Elect a clown, expect a circus. 

I was hoping for a better result, namely, this feckless cunt voted out of office. 

Of course, much of the new Senate District 35 was Book's prior district, and her opponent, Barbara Sharief, won in the areas that comprised her former district. 

Well, if you vote Republican, that's good news for you, since I've discussed multiple times how Book is the puppet of FloriDUH Republicans.

In related news, Matt Gaetz, another of Bimbo Book's bosom buddies, won his primary. 

Enjoy two more years of political corruption and ineptitude from your "fearless leader," FloriDUH Senate Dems, you deserve this. Just don't let her DUI daddy drink and drive again. 

Fuck Lauren and her whole family. 

Lauren Book sued for blatantly lying about political opponent

About fucking time! And Book should lose. And I'd be willing to testify against her since she lied about me multiple times. 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-sharief-lawsuit-book-20220729-3sly2zoqw5c2rf57lkvavifqxu-story.html

Barbara Sharief sues opponent Lauren Book, alleging political ads were defamatory

By Lisa J. Huriash

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Jul 29, 2022 at 5:07 pm

Former Broward County Commissioner Barbara Sharief is suing state senate challenger Lauren Book, accusing her of defamation and libel in a $1 million lawsuit filed Friday afternoon.

The lawsuit claims Book has “disseminated lies to people falsely suggesting that Dr. Barbara Sharief “defrauded Medicaid” and stole tax dollars in political ads on television and by mail.

The lawsuit reads, “Book knows full well that these statements are despicable lies. Dr. Barbara Sharief has never committed a crime in her life and neither she nor any company she has ever operated has ever been found to have stolen or misspent Medicaid or any other funds.”

Book is already a senator in District 32, which is changing because of redistricting. Named as defendants in the lawsuit are Book and Winning Florida, a political action committee.

Book’s spokeswoman, Claire VanSusteren, said in an email response that Book has not yet been served with the paperwork, but VanSusteren called it a “nonsense lawsuit.”

“If Sharief continues down this frivolous path, there is little doubt she will be met with a lawsuit herself for falsely attacking Lauren Book and her family in TV commercials and mailers with disgusting, distorted attacks on a foundation whose mission is to protect children from child abuse,” VanSusteren said. “Voters rejected Barbara Sharief last November and they will do so again — and no eleventh-hour frivolous lawsuit will change that trajectory.”

The State Agency for Health Care Administration said Sharief’s home health care company overbilled Medicaid for patient services by nearly $500,000 more than a decade ago, according to a news article from the South Florida Sun Sentinel published in 2013. At the time Sharief said she did not overbill Medicaid, but still opted to settle the matter.

“Our view is the allegations are false,” said her lawyer, Michael Pizzi, of the original claim by the state. “She has never been found to have done anything wrong.”

Former Broward County Commissioner Barbara Sharief is suing state senate challenger Lauren Book, accusing her of defamation and libel in a $1 million lawsuit filed Friday afternoon. (John McCall & Wilfredo Lee/South Florida Sun Sentinel & AP)

The lawsuit also alleges that Book has portrayed Sharief as an advocate for gun violence; one ad reading “Barbara Sharief’s Shameful Record on Guns & Public Safety” shows her holding an assault weapon. Her lawyer says the photo was taken at a gun-buyback program in Miramar, and the police she was standing next to were cropped out.

Pizzi called it “a smear campaign against someone who dedicated her life to public service and providing quality health care.”

The race is a contentious one for Broward’s new 35th Senate District, which is mostly south and west of Florida’s Turnpike.

Book is the daughter of Ron Book, one of the state’s most influential lobbyists. She has served in the Florida Senate since 2016, won a second term in 2018 and is eligible to serve a final two years in office before term limits kick in, preventing her from running again in 2024.

Sharief was elected to the Broward County Commission in 2012 and re-elected in 2014 in contested races.

In 2018, no opponent came forward and she won a third term without appearing on the ballot. She was elected to the Miramar City Commission in 2009.

Sharief is using the same attorney who is handling a comparable congressional lawsuit. In that case, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is suing Dale Holness for libel, accusing her Congressional opponent of damaging her reputation and “public image” that is “irreparable.” That lawsuit also seeks $1 million in damages.

Lisa J. Huriash can be reached at lhuriash@sunsentinel.com or 954-572-2008. Follow on Twitter @LisaHuriash

Sun-SLANTinel holds their nose and endorses the corrupt Lauren Book

 I've never seen a more unenthusiatic "endorsement." Let's look at the "highlights."

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/endorsements/fl-op-endorse-lauren-book-senate-broward-20220729-lvtpyplryje6vk6kctenvslnw4-story.html

Endorsement: Democrat Lauren Book in derailed Florida Senate race

By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board

South Florida Sun Sentinel

Jul 29, 2022 at 11:29 am

OpEd: "Both Democrats have political assets and liabilities. But it’s very unusual for a party caucus leader to face an intra-party challenge, and the last thing Florida Democrats need right now is more upheaval and instability." 

Comment: Lauren Book has NO leadership skills and it gave Senate Democrats the worst year ever. Generally, a sports coach inept at the sport, like Hue Jackson, gets fired, like he did after leading the Cleveland Browns to the worst record in NFL history. You can't even depend on Lauren Book to show up!

OpEd: Mainly for that reason, the Sun Sentinel recommends Book in this ugly, contentious race. We do so with little enthusiasm because Book has spent too much time and money attacking Sharief and not promoting herself.

Comment: If there's one thing Bimbo Book does well, it is promote herself and her inflated ego. 

OpEd: Let’s first dispel the myth in this race that Sharief is an interloper in the race for the Senate District 35 seat. Sharief, 50, has lived in the heart of the district in Miramar for more than two decades. Book, 37, is a sitting senator, but she had to leave her Plantation home and rent a house in Davie to establish residency in the district after reapportionment. Sharief is well-grounded in regional government

Comment: I rather liked hearing Book referred to as a "Plantation Democrat." But "carpetbagger" can describer her just as well. Of course, she's so stupid, she probably thinks I'm making fun of her rat face again. 

OpEd: Book has voted for budgets that contained large direct appropriations to Lauren’s Kids, sometimes $2 million a year. She insists that “not one dime” of taxpayer money pays her salary ($236,000 last year), and that a legal opinion from the Senate counsel concluded that voting for the budgets was not a conflict of interest. Sharief called it an outright conflict of interest. Book’s campaign did not respond to a request for a copy of the legal opinion.

Comment: Book knows this is unethical and chose to do it anyways. Kind of like when her DUI Daddy Ron Book pled guilty to illegal campaign contributions. The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the poisoned tree. 

OpEd: What makes this race fascinating is that Book has never faced the voters until now. She has been elected to the Senate twice with a “free ride” — no opposition, so her electability is in question.

Comment: Her sanity should also be in question after her goofy melodrama surrounding her spectacularly failed plan to stop abortions by pulling an unbelievable gangrape claim completely out of thin air. 

OpEd: A self-described consensus builder, Book sponsored a tax break for diapers in the Senate. She faced criticism last session for not insisting on a recorded roll call vote on her amendment to add a rape and incest exception to an abortion bill. Book said Republican women senators told her they would face political retribution from the GOP leadership if they voted for the amendment.

Comment: So, Book here admits she was too chicken to stand up to Republicans? That's not "leadership."

OpEd: That’s only part of the money story. Book knows how to raise money, and her father’s network of clients and connections surely helps. A Book political committee, Leadership for Florida, has raised $3.3 million. Much of it is from special interests including $122,500 from The GEO Group, a private prison company that has faced scrutiny for sexual harassment and sexual misconduct — conditions seriously at odds with Book’s public advocacy work. Ron Book has been a GEO Group lobbyist for years.

Comment: Lauren Book would be powerless without her DUI daddy, Ronald "Stagger" Lee Book. And she has NO problems accepting blood money from private prisons known to abuse children. That doesn't sit pretty with her claims of being an advocate against child abuse. 

Despite all this, The SLANT-inel concludes with, "This is a perilous time in Florida’s history. Book is a determined and knowledgeable advocate, especially on education and health care." Wrong. Book has proven to be inept and incapable. She's literally a one-trick pony. Whoopdy-do, she got legislation passed that any elected primate could get passed. 

Of course, the SLANT-inel forgot to mention how Lauren Book stabbed the families of Parkland shooting victims in the back by voting to reinstate disgraced ex-Broward Sheriff Israel, whose incompetence exacerbated the tragedy. 

Nor did the SLANT-inel discuss ho Lauren Book ABUSED the courts to silence a critic, which took an appeal to overturn an egregiously bad ruling. 

The Sun-SLANTinel is a trashy newspaper. Endorsing Book in spite of her blatant corruption is a bad look for an already bad rag. 

Lauren Book voted for the controversial Ron DeSantis protest suppression bill

 Lauren Book is an enemy of free speech. Once again, FloriDUH State Senator Lauren Book helps pass a bill that restricts the right to protest, siding with the Republicans in passing CS/HB1571.  Maybe she should just switch parties?

Lauren Book's medodramatic response to news SCOTUS is poised to overturn Roe v Wade

Cry me a river, Bimbo. If only she was as passionate about helping real people as she is passionate about murder of the unborn or about forcing Registered Persons to live under bridges or along railroad tracks. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/04/women-react-abortion-decision-draft/

Could the Supreme Court really be preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide nearly 50 years ago? Suddenly, with the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion in the case, the notion went from an abstract possibility to an imminent one. Lauren Book said that when she heard the news, she sat her 5-year-old daughter on her lap, held her close and began to weep. “I thought to myself, ‘Oh, my God,’” said Book, 37, a Democratic state senator in Florida. “This is a different world for her.”

Finally! Impotent FL State Senator Lauren Book has a political opponent! Give Book the Hook!

"Definition of give (someone) the hook

baseball, informal

: to remove (a pitcher) from a game

The manager gave him the hook." (Just in case that blonde idiot tries claiming this is another "threat" because she's an illiterate ass.)

And hopefully, Florida voters will give Lauren Book the Hook. 

To support Dr. Barbara Sharief: https://www.facebook.com/drbarbarasharief

Or https://barbarasharief.com/

https://thecapitolist.com/barbara-sharief-to-challenge-lauren-book-in-district-35-primary-showdown/

Barbara Sharief to challenge Lauren Book in district 35 primary showdown

by Caden DeLisa | Mar 25, 2022

Former Broward County Commissioner Barbara Sharief announced her intent to run as a candidate in the newly crafted Senate District 35 that covers southwest Broward, which is her longtime political base. Senate Minority Leader and big Florida Democrats player Sen. Lauren Book, reportedly also plans to run in the newly created district, setting up a largely important election in the scope of Florida Politics.

As a county commissioner, Sharief served as leader of the Florida  Association of Counties, and was elected to serve two terms as county mayor. In 2021 she was an unsuccessful candidate in a special Democratic congressional primary for the late Alcee Hastings’ seat.

“Tallahassee is broken. We need public servants who will fight for the people that they serve instead of selling out to big money special interests and lobbyists,” said Sharief in a campaign video posted on social media Friday morning. “We need a leader who won’t bow to the right wing agenda that wants to take away all of our rights, restrict our freedoms and limit opportunity.”

Book has been a largely influential lawmaker for Democrats in Florida, serving as a quasi-spokeswoman for the Democrat’s largest campaign points, including opposition to abortion regulation. Book planned to move to the newly-created Congressional District 35 after redistricting efforts would have set her up to challenge an incumbent Senator. Now, Book must redirect monetary and political resources toward the forthcoming campaign race.

“I have spent the past several years fighting for our shared Democratic values and am now working tirelessly to not only increase Democrats’ numbers in the Senate but to stop the ultra right wing agenda of Ron DeSantis and his supporters. Serving in the State Senate should never be a ‘consolation prize,’ especially at such a time when our values and freedoms are under attack by the extreme right,” said Book. “This last Session showed very clearly why we MUST defend blue seats and bolster the number of Democrats in the Senate, an effort I am proudly and humbly leading with a strong and diverse slate of candidates across the state. My work in the Senate and as Democratic Leader is far from over, and Democrats fighting each other only undermines our critical efforts to strengthen our Party and Caucus.”

Book is expected to be an early favorite to win reelection, though Sharief was popular during her time as Mayor and could be seen as a dark horse to unseat the Minority Leader.

“I look forward to running a campaign focused on the real issues that matter to Broward families so that I can once again put my full focus on getting Democrats elected across the state in the General Election this November,” concluded Book.

Desperate to win a rape exemption to Florida's proposed abortion ban after 15 weeks, Senator Book declares she was gangraped

I have a very good reason NOT to believe Florida State Senator's latest claims that she was 'gang raped." Just like a couple of months back when she came out to claim she was an alleged victim of sextortion, her claims never arise until they are convenient for her to advance an agenda. 

Senator Book assuming her second favorite position

In her desperation to carve out a rape exemption to a ban on abortions beyond 15 weeks in Florida, Senator Book is now proclaiming she was drugged and gang raped as a teen. 

Considering this just came out of nowhere after 20 years of telling her story numerous times all over the place. Now she brings it up in a Hail Mary attempt to stymie a bill and yet that tactic still failed because, as we have discussed already, Bimbo Book is too inept to lead the Democrats. 

Plus, she's been caught in multiple lies. She lied about being stalked and lied about rejecting GEO Group money, so who is to say this is not another of her wilf fantasies?

Also she claims she is tired of being the State Senate's "sex assault victim" but she she is the one who pulls it out every time she wants something. 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-senator-lauren-book-reveals-rape-abortion-debate-20220303-d47v3pxibrcedkulrgbuosj7ra-story.html

Pleading for exemptions to 15-week abortion bill, Sen. Lauren Book reveals she was gang raped as a child

By ANTHONY MAN

SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL |

MAR 03, 2022 AT 3:55 PM

Pleading to get an exemption for victims of rape, incest and human trafficking added to Florida’s plan for strict new limits on abortion, state Sen. Lauren Book dramatically described the implications of the policy in stark, personal terms — revealing publicly for the first time that she was raped by a group of men as a child.

Her Wednesday afternoon plea to colleagues went unheeded, and legislation banning almost all abortions in Florida after the 15th week of pregnancy advanced another step in the Legislature, moving closer to becoming law.

Rape and incest happen more than people realize, Book said during the first of two impassioned speeches in the Senate chamber. But victims often stay silent, resulting in many people being unaware of the extent and the impact, she said.

“Until you’ve been there you just don’t get it and you don’t understand,” she said. “And so today I’m going to tell you, I’m going to share with you more than I’ve ever shared before,” Book told her colleagues during two impassioned, sometimes tearful speeches.

She’s had previously spoken about some — but not all — of what happened: At age 11, the family’s trusted, live-in nanny – after gaining her trust for almost a year — began physically, sexually and emotionally abusing her. Book suffered years of abuse before she found the courage to speak up.

The abuser is now in prison. And Book founded the Lauren’s Kids child abuse prevention program. In 2016 she was elected to the Florida Senate. In 2021, her Democratic colleagues elected her as the party’s leader in the Senate.

She said Wednesday that she is “tired of being known as the survivor of sexual assault in the Florida Senate,” but that the legislation to restrict abortion without an exemption for victims of rape, incest and human trafficking “compel me to share even more about my past than I’ve ever done before.”

“Here’s the part you don’t know: When I was a young teen, not much older than 13, my abuser, who was a woman, took me to a friend’s house. There I was drugged. I was put in a room. And I was raped by multiple men,” she said. “I’ve not talked about this experience to anyone but my close family my close friends. Certainly never have I done so publicly. And I have never ever planned to. But for me, this is too important.”

Some rape victims who become pregnant choose to give birth and become loving mothers or give up the baby for adoption, Book said. Others don’t “want to see the face of their rapists every single time they looked at their child. And that is their choice. It takes time to make those decisions.”

She said the allowable time to have an abortion under the pending law, 15 weeks, isn’t long enough for a victim to find out she’s pregnant and make a decision — all while dealing with the trauma of the assault.

“You know what I was doing when I finally disclosed my abuse after 15 weeks? Taping newspapers to every single window of my house, with my dad and my mom and my sister and my brother, because I somehow believe that the rapist could look in the house,” she said. “It took months for me to leave my house. I became agoraphobic and couldn’t leave. I couldn’t leave. There is no prescribed path for healing for this. I was in the throes of anorexia, self-mutilation. I was merely trying to get to the next moment and the next day.

“And if, heaven forbid, I did find myself in a situation where I had to make that kind of decision, the kind of decision that we’re talking about today, my family and I would have needed more time,” Book said.

Abortion in Florida is currently legal until the 24th week of pregnancy.

The pending changes would impose a 15-week limit, with exemptions in cases of a “fatal fetal abnormality.” An abnormality is defined as a “terminal condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with” survival outside the womb. Two physicians would be required to certify that such an abnormality exists.

The abortion legislation is one among a series of incendiary issues that Republicans, who control Florida government, have advanced in the 2022 session. It’s close to becoming law with support from almost all Republicans and opposition from almost all Democrats. Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated he supports a 15-week limit.

Book warned that allowing an exemption for victims of rape, incest and human trafficking “will be a canary in a coal mine for extremism.”

The sponsor of the legislation containing the new 15-week rule, state Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, acknowledged what Book said.

“I applaud your courage to come forward and to share that story, that truth. It’s not a story. It’s what happened, more real to you than any of us can ever, ever imagine and I don’t even want to try,” Stargel said.

Stargel also shared her own intimate story, explaining as she as in the past, that she was urged to get an abortion when she was a teen but did not.

“When I got pregnant at 17 and I went to Planned Parenthood, they said I would never be anything,” Stargel said. “So we can all stand here and cry on the floor with our stories. And I’m not trying to be dramatic, but it [Planned Parenthood] is a business. But it’s not a business, these are babies. And it’s not a choice, it’s a child.”

Stargel argued forcefully against the exemption sought by Book, also explaining that to her it’s “always the hardest to discuss because somehow it’s couched in a way that makes people feel that if you vote against [allowing an exemption] that you somehow support sexual abuse or that you somehow support rape.”

She said 15 weeks “is plenty of time, a long enough time” for someone to make a decision about having an abortion. And she rejected what she said is an “assumption that that child [conceived as a result of rape or incest] can’t be loved, and that child doesn’t have the right to exist. And then that child should be killed because of the circumstances in which it was conceived. And I will reject that. I’ll reject that premise.”

And, Stargel warned, an exemption would be abused. “You’re going to have people who are going to be needlessly accused, that the woman’s going to say she was raped so she can have the abortion.”

Book at the Democrats did not ask for a roll-call vote in which supporters and opponents would have to publicly declare their positions, which allowed the amendment to fail on a voice vote. First, she made a final plea: “I wish it mattered. I wish that me telling my story and the reality matters…. And I am asking you, I am begging you, for Little Lauren.”

The Florida Democratic Party is dying under Lauren Book's inept "leadership"

If you're a Florida Republican, then this is great news. If you're a Florida Democrat, this is terrible news. Either way, it is a real shitshow political circus, with Lauren Book playing the lead clown. 

Lauren Book, seen here estimating her brain size

Florida Politics is, of course, simping for Lauren Book, but consider the fact that Lauren Book collects millions from Republican donors, accepts GEO Group blood money, and betrayed Parkland shooting victims by voting to reinstate Sheriff Israel, the Coward from Broward. 

And, while Lauren Book is busy trying to compare her critics to school shooters, she was more focused on changing the state cyberstalking laws to punish her critics (which was major win for Ron DeSantis's agenda), Republicans have advanced everything they wanted because Lauren Book is too selfish and inept to stop them. 

Senate Democrats need a REAL leader, not just a blonde bimbo who bought a Senate seat and whose only talent is being the daughter of a corrupt lobyist with multiple crimes under his belt. (I'm not counting her leaked video.)

Time to ditch the zero and find a hero, Florida Dems. 

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/499093-joe-henderson-lauren-books-candor-shows-helplessness-of-democrats-plight/

Joe Henderson: Lauren Book’s candor shows helplessness of Democrats’ plight

Joe Henderson

February 21, 2022

On a Zoom gaggle with reporters, Book, the Senate Democratic Leader, called the current Legislative Session one of the worst she’s seen. Considering the buffeting Democrats have taken in recent years, that’s saying something.

“We’ve got 18 more days to go, so basically we’re in hell week until Sine Die,” Book said. “Sorry, pretty sh**ty.”

For members of her party, that’s one way to look at what’s happening in Tallahassee, but that’s probably not how Republicans see things.

The smoking irrelevance of the Democrats thus far in the Session smells like victory to the GOP.

Gov. Ron DeSantis will get just about everything he wants, despite some opposition from the Senate on his congressional map and a few other things.

The freedom party is about to win the right to tell pregnant women what they can do with their bodies. It won’t stop there, either.

“I think this year, this is all very personal, and it feels personal,” Book said. “I know it’s not coming from a mean-spirited place because I don’t believe that my colleagues are trying to pass legislation that is mean in spirit. But I do believe that this is probably one of the worst Sessions that I’ve seen, where we’re taking issues that are going to deeply, deeply affect Floridians.”

Well, I think one colleague abides in a mean-spirited place.

That would be vindictive GOP Rep. Randy Fine, who has a good chance to bully through a $200 million penalty against leaders of school districts that defied DeSantis’ no-mask order.

Well, there was a bad virus running around — perhaps you heard — and medical experts who actually study this stuff said masks would help prevent infections. Republicans countered with a #FireFauci campaign because, of course, they all hold medical degrees.

They also seized the chance to solve problems that don’t exist (see security, election) and remind women that they’re in charge. Currently, the GOP plans no abortion exemption for rape or incest. By golly, those women will carry that child into the world, after which they’re on their own.

Abortion? No choice.

Vaccines to protect against a deadly virus? Total choice.

Are we noticing a trend here? Choice is what Republicans say it is, and there’s nothing Democrats currently can do about that.

Lawmakers are supposed to solve problems during the Session to benefit the largest number of Floridians. But this Session has thus far been more about telling people how to live and what to think.

None of this lets the Democrats off the hook, though. They’re in this mess because they could bungle a one-car parade. While Republicans stick together, Democrats are a splintered mishmash of conflicting ideas that leaves independent voters wondering exactly what Democrats stand for.

They allowed Republicans to paint them as the party that wanted free stuff. Democrats were labeled elitist because they yawned and giggled when Republicans claimed patriotism and faith as core principles.

They could never cut through the unified GOP screams that abortion is murder. Along the way, Republicans defined them as socialists who are out of touch with everyday hardworking “real” Americans, and they didn’t have a sufficient rebuttal.

Republicans are doing what they said they would, and voters gave them the green light to do so. GOP lawmakers see these bills as something better — their kind of better.

Yes, Sen. Book, things look pretty, um, crappy now for your party. It doesn’t look like it will change any time soon, either. So, yeah, you’re right. There’s not much to do except to dodge confetti Republicans throw during their steamroll to Sine Die.

Senator Book is finding out the hard way that the victim role only goes so far

FL State Senator Lauren Book is trying to gain sympathy for her nude leak controversy, so she's gone back to the old professional victim playbook, expecting people to rally behind her. It doesn't seem to be working. It seems that her bid to elicit sympathy is backfiring. If anything, it seems to be causing more people to go look for her photos than if she didn't decided to tell the whole world about it. 

Fox News is probably the last place I'd go with a sob story, because the comment section is ripping her to shreds. Most of the comments are about her looks or about her lack of intelligence. (There were plenty of comments regarding the fact she should not have taken them but those aren't the funny ones.) Since the Senator's gang of PR idiots read my blog, I want them to see some of the comments I found funniest in response to her recent Fox News interview:

Bonus from Twitter