As expected, BocaWatch Publisher Al Zucaro will make his second run for mayor of Boca Raton.Zucaro announced Monday that he will file paperwork this week to challenge Scott Singer, the interim mayor who already has resigned his city council seat to run for mayor. Glenn Gromann, Bernard Korn and Paul Preste have filed paperwork, but they haven’t qualified. The qualifying period ends May 30.
Susan Haynie defeated Zucaro in March 2017. Gov. Rick Scott suspended Haynie after she was charged April 24 with seven counts of public corruption. She has pleaded not guilty.
As recently as 2016, Singer was a BocaWatch favorite, especially when he broke with the council and criticized plans for a restaurant on the Wildflower property. The website supported the ordinance Singer introduced—and voters approved—in 2016 that made the special election possible. Under previous rules, Singer—who was deputy mayor when Haynie was arrested—would have filled out the rest of Haynie’s term unless she was reinstated.
The mayor’s term ends in March 2020. Any candidate who wins the Aug. 28 special election could serve the rest of the current term and two full, six-year terms.
Just shows what pandering got Mr. Singer–exactly nothing. The BocaWatch group if nothing more is a VERY politically astute and well organized machine. They played Mr. Singer’s weakness as a leader, pandering, and his trying to be all things to all people to the hilt. Brilliant. By doing so Singer alienated (and angered) those looking for clear direction and support. From the phony acting antics and the need to interject over and over again on ministerial matters from the dais at Council meetings–to the need to show everyone how smart he was the word “Politician” is permanently engrained. Regardless of what you think of Mr. Zucaro or myself or other candidates you will always know clearly where we stand. The press held back the Haynie revelations until AFTER the Mayoral election or Zucaro would have EASILY won. My motto is “taxpayers first” and the forgotten silent majority will be forgotten no more. Kinda reminds you of another recent election in 2016, low energy Singer (an actual Jeb Bush supporter) needs to step it up if he wants to be a beneficiary of that fabulous thing we call the SECRET BALLOT. That is the only vote that counts.