If he wants to reach people and bring them to God, this is not the way to do it. To me, a preacher like that would appear showy. And he’s wrong to sue, because he’s just trying to prove a point and he’s not doing it for the right reasons. If he were a good preacher, he’d re-read his Bible and know that that’s not what he should be doing.

Not the kind of church I’d be running out to join, that’s for sure.

The police hemmed and hawed, made lame excuses and seemingly could do nothing. I needed to go all the way to a state legislator to get peace and quiet. Yet when I complained against rednecks or poor people, cops stopped the noise at once.

Monroe Udell, the owner of Jaxson’s, is a longtime resident and a big shot in Dania. I cannot explicitly accuse without proof, but it certainly looked like the old man was getting special treatment. Sheriff Ken Jenne of the police, who went to jail for corruption two years later, also lives in Dania.

Are Jenne and Udell personal friends, and did Jenne tell the cops to go easy in enforcing the law on Jaxson’s? Again, I have no concrete evidence. But in a small town like ours, the big shots often function like a herd of farmer’s swine all eating from the same swill-trough.