Allow me to retort. “People over politics” sounds great. Until the same office offers to pay for the study that decides whether it keeps the contract. That’s not independence. That’s a do-over. The City didn’t ignore facts. It declined a vendor-funded redo offered only after the vendor saw the vote slipping. Calling a study “flawed” because it didn’t land where …
TL;DR. I dunno, maybe next time, don’t threaten the beejesus outta a City Manager. Deerfield Beach leaving BSO wasn’t drama. It was math. On January 20, 2026, Deerfield Beach voted 4–1 to leave the Broward Sheriff’s Office. That vote didn’t come out of nowhere — it happened under Sheriff Frank Drebin (real-life: Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony). After 35 years, the …
Sheriff Gregory Tony wants this debate framed as “facts, not emotion.” That framing is incomplete. The real issue is not whether facts matter.It is who controls the process that produces them. Imperfect Studies Are Normal. Process Capture Is Not. For the avoidance of doubt: feasibility studies can be incomplete, poorly scoped, or wrong. That is not a scandal. That is …
TL;DR Deerfield Beach is evaluating its multi-million dollar contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO). Sheriff Gregory Tony has proposed a two-year extension, sparking debate over city independence and public safety budgets. Oh, Deerfield Beach, you salty slice of paradise wedged between the Atlantic and a swamp of bureaucratic bullshit. Here we go again, folks—Sheriff Frank Drebin Gregory Tony, that …
TL;DR At the Jan 2026 Deerfield Beach Commission meeting, BSO officials proposed funding a new fire-rescue study in exchange for a two-year contract extension—a move critics call a ‘delay tactic’ to avoid municipal independence. I’ve been around Deerfield Beach politics long enough to know when a room gets nervous. Not loud. Not chaotic. Nervous. That was the vibe at the …
