SOUTH FLORIDA IS BURNING
Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor's Ex Brings The Heat.
Harold Pryor has the State Attorney's Office. His ex-wife owns the group chats.
Attorney Nikei Williams posted a pinup thirst trap on Facebook and delivered an update Broward's political crowd didn't need help decoding.
“Career thriving, skin glowing,” she wrote. After 12 years of marriage and more than 15 years together, she declared that chapter of her life “officially CLOSED.”
Then came the hashtags: #single #divorced #nextchapter.
Pryor introduced Williams as his wife when he was running for office. Now she's making her own introduction, complete with a knockout photo.
But the photo is only half the story.
Williams is an attorney at Tripp Scott, where her practice includes commercial litigation, labor and employment, family law and real estate. She is an AV Preeminent peer rated attorney.
She has also served on the board of Pace Center for Girls and held leadership positions with the Caribbean Bar Association.
Translation: Nikei is the total package.
Once considered a Broward courthouse power couple, she never needed to borrow his résumé. Now she doesn't need his last name to command attention, either.
And yes, people are digging up last year's JAAB comments about Pryor's personal life. Those anonymous allegations remain unverified and Williams didn't say why the marriage ended.
She said what she wanted Broward to know: The marriage is over. She's single. Her career is thriving. Her skin is glowing. And her photos still go hard.
Broward's political group chats have reached another verdict:
The State Attorney may control the courtroom.
His ex-wife just won the closing argument.
(Sorry Nikei, I'm married…)
From Cupid's Arrows To Fire And Brimstone
Former state Rep. Al Jacquet has a microphone again. This time, he's preaching political independence.
His question is simple: “Why are you a Democrat?”
Jacquet, a former Delray Beach City Commissioner and Democrat State Representative from South Palm Beach County, moves between English and Creole during the opening episode of The Al Jacquet Show. He talks about taxes, family, self-reliance and the Republican Party's history.
You don't need to understand a single word of Creole to hear the fire.
Jacquet wants Haitian American voters watching commissioners, sheriffs and school boards with the same intensity they bring to presidential elections.
But he makes a larger point I've been hearing more and more in the corner of Black and Caribbean fundraisers that should make every Democratic consultant in Florida uncomfortable: A party has little reason to bargain for votes it believes it already owns.
Campaign money follows the fight. Political attention follows the fight. Public resources follow it too.
Politicians love posing with oversized appropriations checks. Jacquet is asking people to look carefully at the photograph.
How much money reached YOUR neighborhood? What was built? Who received the contract? Did your community get work from that contract?
Black voters have spent generations showing up for Democrats. Loyalty may be admirable. In politics, guaranteed loyalty is cheap.
Jacquet wants Black voters to raise the price.
What do they get for showing up?
It's a question worth putting to any politician who wants your vote.
The Al Jacquet Show broadcasts from the 4Diaspo TV studio and airs weekly on Rajovier 103.9 FM and Radio Elite 101.7 FM, according to the program details provided for this column. Watch the episode here.