Jorge rodriguez chomat biography templates
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Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat | |
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Rodriguez-Chomat in 2013 | |
Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
In office 2011 – January 2, 2017 | |
Preceded by | William Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | (1945-06-28)June 28, 1945 Havana, Cuba |
Died | August 19, 2017(2017-08-19) (aged 72) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | St. Thomas University |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Unit | U.S. Army Reserve |
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat (June 28, 1945 – August 19, 2017) was a Cuban-American politician and judge. He was a one-term member of the Florida House of Representatives representing a district in West Miami for the Republican Party from 1994 until his defeat in 1998. He served as a Judge of the Criminal and Family Divisions of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2011 until his retirement in 2017.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – When Penelope Soto, 18, flipped off a Miami-Dade judge and cursed at him, she caught his wrath and was sent to jail for 30 days. But it turns out; 15 years ago another individ felt the judge's wrath on the floor of the Florida legislature.
In 1998, Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat was in the state legislature when he and a fellow legislator grabbed each other bygd their jackets and were prepared to punch each other during a debate over tuition vouchers before being separated by fellow legislators.
According to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel article from the time, the kamp was caused when Rodriguez-Chomat had an issue with Carlos Valdes after Valdes criticized Rodriguez-Chomat for sending his kids to private school during the voucher debate.
After exchanges of words, during which Valdes said Rodriguez-Chomat called him a "jackass and worse," according to the Sun-Sentinel. According to the report, Rodriguez-Chomat "took a swipe at Valdes' tie" and then the near-fig
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Did this judge do the right thing by sentencing teen to jail for being rude?
You are the one who is claiming he is supposedly quite different now with the passage of 2 years, despite his track record of just the opposite dating back to the 90s. The Miami Herald, which just reported about it in relation to this story, apparently didn't think it was somehow no longer germane. "Prove" it yourself.MobBoss said:
Do you have a more recent poll? Where did he rank in 2011? 2012?
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As a state representative, Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat created another controversy, which he eventually had to apologizeand retract his comments, over the remarks of an FIU professior who called Miami "almost the definition of a Third World Banana Republic" on 60 Minutes:
In Aug. 1998, the Miami Herald reported:
State Rep. Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat , R-West Dade, is betting voters will overlook his reputation for having a short fuse and a sharp tongue a