Big break: Mayor Lois Frankel stopped for speeding near school, gets no ticket!
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| Wednesday 24 March 2010 2:02 pm
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Funny thing happened to West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel on her way to City Hall this morning.
Herhoner was stopped by West Palm Beach Police for speeding through a downtown school zone near Dreyfoos School of The Arts.
Guess what?
No ticket!
I’m told by a source at the PD that Frankel, 61, was at the wheel of her old Acura at the tail end of morning school arrivals when she was clocked 26 mph over the speed limit — that’s 46 mph through a 20 mph-zone with kids and school buses! — by Officer Josh Martin.
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Martin stopped her and let Herhoner know she was going fast, but let her go with no ticket.
According to the Florida Statutes, a fine for going 26 mph above the limit is $205.50. But in a school zone at morning rush hour, the fine is doubled to $411.
Martin declined comment, saying: “I don’t wanna do no interview!” His boss, Chief Delsa Bush, who was hand-picked for the job by Frankel, didn’t return calls.
Frankel stuttered briefly when I asked her about the incident, and her recipe to get out of a ticket. She hung up the phone.
But her public relations man, Chase Scott, just put out this statement:
” Wednesday morning, Mayor Frankel was informed by a West Palm Beach officer that she was exceeding the speed limit. The Mayor apologized to the officer stating she was not aware of the change in speed zones and said quote: ‘Please, treat me as you would any other driver in this circumstance.’ The officer advised her that he was not issuing a ticket. Officers use discretion in the course of their duties everyday and, in fact, the same officer made 5 stops in the past 24 hours and issued only 2 citations.”
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‘Please, treat me as you would any other driver in this circumstance.’
Are you serious? LIE, LIE, LIE like all politicians!
Evil=Frankel
If this was you or me, we’d be ticketed.
I don’t care if it was Frankel or any other elected politician. They should be ticketed.
Discretion of officer?! Discretion=politicial decision
Evil=WPB police
Time for WPB and school police to come under the Sheriff’s office.
Lois Frankel doesn’t know about speed zone laws!!? Courts tell every citizen, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse,” and it should be even less of an excuse for elected officials. Knowing the law is her JOB, for God’s sake! Not to mention in this case, it’s just common sense to slow down around children and it’s immoral not to.
Suspended? Under what grounds?? JOSE ITS SO OBVIOUS YOU DISLIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT!!… who cares if she got stopped and got no ticket…its officer discretion. PB post is more like a sleezy tabloid now
Since when is it the “descretion” of an officer whether or not to issue a ticket on a State law that was violated? Really? Do they also have discretion when arresting, robbers, rapists, drug dealers and thieves? WTF? PD: JUST DO YOUR JOB- No matter sho violates the law.
I’m a big fan of the police but I’ve not seen one patrol car slow down for that zone - why should the mayor? Why should any of us? And is it a real school zone w/out a flashing light? My sources say no. The question: was she 26 over the (alleged)school zone speed of 20, or the regular posted speed of 30?
I am heading to the Mayors Office tomorrow to issue a Citizens arrest on the Mayor for Corruption.
Then I am going top the the West Palm Beach police Department and asking for Josh Martin and serving a Citizens arrest for Obstruction of justice and corruption.
There is nothing they can do to me.
I am coming to arrest both of them and will have Cameras with me.
THIS WILL NOT BE TOLLERATED
Seriously????? Any of us would have been given a ticket in a (*&(&(& heartbeat! Ticket her now!!!!
I live in N. Florida and was driving on 95 south and did not notice the speed changed during a construction area (did not look like a construction area nor did it have workers) and I was given a ticket. I asked the officer why i was being pulled over as was only doing 72 and he said the speed had reduced and pointed back about a 1/4 of a mile. No sympathy there. I got a ticket!!
The crime is not Lois’ beating the speeding rap. It’s her lack of respect for the law. Any true police official will tell you that speeding in school zones is a major problem here in So Florida. Again, her “I’m better than you, I can do no wrong” attitude shines bright.
I know exactly where the PD sits right there and everybody that works down there knows to slow down in that area. Our butts would have gotten a ticket. I’ve seen the PD do it all the time. Ticket the witch and make her pay a 400 dollar fine like everyone else. I bet she called the chief to get out of it.
if i get stopped tomorrow morning i hope i get officer josh martin if he’s reading this i go through that same area at about 5:30am every morning make sure i get the same break thanks off martin keep up the good job
Are you kidding me!? What would have happened if she hit a child or a school bus? Would they have looked the other way then? The officer who let her go needs to switch careers, and Frankel should have gotten his name and badge for NOT issuing a ticket to someone who was so obviously disregarding the law.
Do you think that if the officer had issued a ticket he might have been demoted??? You never know!!!
Great, I’ll drive through that area in the morning at the same speed and see what happens. At the discretion of the officer?
stopped 5 an only ticketed two…sounds like profiling to me. So I guess he let Lois and two city commissioners go!!!
Nice!!
i ran the red light at forest hill and 441 one morning taking my daughter to the orthodontist.i was pulled over by by an officer about 1/2 a mile down the road.guess what all you haters?I DIDNT GET A TICKET.and im a guy.i just admitted it like a man should.end of story
I’d love to know when the Post is going to come out and tell the public they’re basically owned by the Sun Sentinel.
The press by downtown West Palm, owned by the Sentinel and rented by the post. 3 of the 4 floors of the old post building is opperated by the Sun Sentinel.
Why are they still calling it the Palm Beach Post?
You mean to tell me that law enforcement and politicians are sleeping together?Maybe that’s why the Feds can’t catch up with them because the corruption is being covered up and swept under the rug by law enforcement themselves.Well,that’s good to know.Wonder what ever happened to Attorney General Bill McCollum during all this?HMMMMM I wonder why?
Hahahaha, “Treat me like an old citizen”. Probably more like” I’ll have your a$$ if you give me a ticket”
She should be ticketed for that face ,The wreck it is.
Does she expect anyone to believe she didn’t threaten the officer or call the chief. Just another “I’m too good to get a little ole’ ticket I’m the “Mayor” bs story.
this is a shame I too have been stopped in a school zone and I was not even speeding!!!! I did have to take time off from work (in a school)to resolve this matter…I guess some people are more “special” than others
I did something remarkably stupid the other morning, got stopped by a WPB police officer, who had EVERY RIGHT to ticket me, and he issued a warning. I am a nobody. I drive an expensive car and was treated MORE THAN FAIRLY. Do not diss the officer for this. He does NOT have to issue a citation. And, I am not a fan of the mayor, either.
That is just too funny! Good post JL
$205.50 doubled is actually $411, but thats just minor details.
I am just glad my child wasn’t walking in the area.
The mayor should not be held to the same standards as normal citizens… she should be held to higher standards, and she should be setting an example for how she would like the citizens of her city to act.
She was speeding in a school zone …. ya know? … little kids walking to school … buses coming to a stop … kids getting dropped off. A FRICKIN SCHOOL ZONE!!!!!!!!!! You HAVE TO get a ticket and I don’t give 2 craps if you are the pope in his popemobile!
She has ruined the historical value of my hometown of West Palm Beach.I just wish she would go home to Brooklyn!!!!
yea thats so BS… officers decide who they want to give tickets to and thats all fine ans well but i would like to see the pattern of certain officers… if the mayor was by my child’s school speeding while in session i would personaly go to her office and give her a piece of my mine… i dont care if she has to pay a fine because its not my money but if there was an accident then she would be looking silly by the face and god forbid….. good lick to everyone and happy diving in wpb with THESE officers
First off, the fine would have actually been $456.00 for 26 over in a school zone. Secondly, there does not have to be flashing lights at a school zone, read your statutes once and a while. Everyone loves to comment, but no one knows the facts. Was anyone there? Did you see or hear what transpired? Officers have what is called “discretion”. They are allowed to give warnings or tickets, just the same. There is no law or policy that dictates otherwise. Have you ever heard of the media telling the truth about anything??? The mayor just froze the WPB Police Department’s pay plan and are looking to cut another 10% again by October of this year….so do you think that the officer would not have loved to issue her a $456.00 citation?? Of course, but what good is going to come of it? By the looks of the article and comments, it seems as the warning sufficed just fine! And for those of you that commented about the officer, I would love to see one of you tell him to his face. So on that note, keep hiding behind your computer and commenting on something that you have absolutely facts about. You make yourselves look much dumber than you actually are!
Chase Scott should be replaced by someone who can actually come up with a beleivable lie. Does he think that the public are complete idiots?
the mayor made the police chief fall on his sword… 5 stops only 2 tickets..? is the police force that inefficient? every stop i have ever had save for the one on my birthday i have been issued a ticket. mayor was going to call his boss so he let her walk. he wants rank doesnt he?
THIS IS NOT FAIR, YOU GET A TICKECT FRO STOPING YOU CAR AT THE WHITE LINE IN BANYAN AND AUSTRAILAN WHEN THAT DAMM CARMERA TAKES THE PICTURE AND THEN YOU GET STUCK WITH 125.00 TICKECT!! THIS LADY WAS SPEEDING LIKE NO TOMORROW AND GET OFF WITH OUT ANY INFRACTION! WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE IS THIS?????
She needs to get a ticket just like everyone else!!!!!!!!!
Come on Mayor! Take it like a man & accept the ticket…today it’s the Mayor, last month it was the Mr. Polo Moneybags John Goodman & an innocent kid drowned in his car. Enough it enough! You break the rules, you pay the fine & serve the time!!!!
Just shows the speed limits are too low, they need to increase the speeds on many roads as they are only low to produce income(can you say speed trap!)Even the esteemed mayor cannot drive that slow. Time to update the rediculous speed limits in town. School zones however are a no-no miss mayor!
We have a legal system based on precedent. Well, the precedent has been set! Get pulled over for speeding in a school zone and plead ignorance. If you get a ticket, fight it in court!!! The precedent has been set for not getting a ticket!
Frankel said “Treat me like any one else”? Yeah, right. I’ve met her, and overheard he sniping. She is NOT a good person, and is more two faced than the political stereotype. Nasty.
Promise you if I was driving 46 in a 20, I’d be popped big time. JL, if you got the grapes, you’ll cruise thru tomorrow, at 44 MPH, get pulled over, and ask to be treated like everyone else.
Everyone should follow the law. What a crap of BS. No one would give me a break if I was caught speeding through a school zone. I won’t vote for her ever again.
His Quote:
Martin declined comment, saying: “I don’t wanna do no interview!”
This dumbo needs to go into the school not stop speeders going past it. What a dummy.
And as far as Frankie Frankle goes…you elected her now live with it..bathroom and all. Crooks them all.
After looking at his comment about an interview… he probably doesn’t KNOW HOW TO EVEN FILL THE TICKET OUT!!!
Maybe the officer in question thought she was cute and by not ticketing her, he would get a date or maybe even more……………………………………………
Frankelstein is a horrible example of the worst kind of corrupt public servant in office. Her sense of Entitlement and pure Arrogance are unequalled EVER in the history of West Palm Beach politics. Any public Servant or Elected Official definitely should be held to a HIGHER STANDARD than “average citizens”. As one write correctly stated in this regard—IF Frankelstein really had any ETHICS or INTEGRITY (a word ehas no concept of the meaning of!!!!) —- she would have taken the police officer’s name and badge # and filed a Complaint for him NOT giving her a speeding ticket. She was speeding over TWICE the limit in a SCHOOL ZONE !!!!!! That would have been beautiful is some little school child had darted out in front of her car as hse’s speeding along at 46 mph in a posted 20 mph SCHOOL ZONE and she crushed the poor little child to DEATH because she was SPEEDING IN A SCHOOL ZONE—-then what???? Thye main point we all need to see here is if she is the type of person who would completelyu and arrogantly DISREGARD a POSTED SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT of 20 MPH——-what ELSE is this sad pathetic excuse for a “human being”–let alone the MAYOR of WEST PALM BEACH—capable of doing ….??? Such as Graft, Bribery, Collusion, Corruption……….??? It goes “hand-in-hand” here: any person who puts themself ABOVE the law—and does 46 MPH in a posted 20 MPH SCHOOL ZONE——will break ANY LAW she WANTS TO!!!!! This imbecile needs to be IMPEACHED! If she had half a brain—which she DOESN’T (Frankelstein)—she would resign in DISGRACE and DISHONOR over this flagrant and stupid disregard of children’s safety & welfare. I say IMPEACH her ARROGANT STUPID ass. And what on earth is the MAYOR of West Palm Beach giving a GANG SIGN in this picture for ….?????? 1st she gives the Keys To the City to Ozzy Ozbourne—a sick psychopath and GREAT example for our children (who likes to bite off bat’s heads live in concert!!!) and now she’s giving Gang Signs in photos and doing 46 MPH in a 20 MPH posted SCHOOL ZONE…..???? Nobody else sees anything really SICK about this “woman” ??????
Frankel = Can’t Understand Normal Thinking… just a thought…
F. Lee Bailey - To answer your final question: …yeah, her teeth!
Chill out you crazies. If being mayor can’t get you out of a few tickets, then what’s the point of being mayor? It’s not like she lied about going to war or selling arms to terrorists. Why don’t you get upset about something that actually matters.
More fertilizer from the hallowed halls of Palace West Palm.
Lois was concerned about overcrowding in schools and was just doing her part to improve student/teacher ratios and you people want to make fun of her. Next you’re going to say she’s an ugly sourpuss…
I really cant believe this…..
Yes WPB you really know how to get away with everything, even Murder according to J.badman that dud from wellington.
Now the mayor, if it was any other citizen there would be no reprieve,
ticket that lady!!! Now!!!
I will send her a bill get all those corrupt people to pay WPB back what they owe us! No wonder the criminals are all roaming around,
they all work at wpb PD & City Hall. Ive seen many a Police Officer speed by me without any just cause probably on his way to( dunkin donuts) ,LOL
these people think they are above reproach. They me me sick!!!
If that Officer had issued the witch a citation, little “over paid” eddie mitchell would have came after him.
1st off really “demoted” for Christ sake he is only a cop to begin with…!?!? 2nd off I do agree she should have been ticketed-she can afford it considering her pay isnt being cut or her position threatened nor her pension being talked about cut like the officers of the West Palm Beach Police Department! I agree w/JP “Give me a ticket and Ill have your lively-hood pretty much”. These cops put their lives on the line every day at work to take care of those savages in that Tamarind, Dunbar, Broadway and 45th Street area along w/all the HIV, Hepatitis C, TB, riddin derelict’s so they can be spit on by our local and state goverment! Its sad how Frankel then comes to build all this UN-NEEDED non sense and then has the audacity cut the cost of whats actually needed which is the SAFETY and security of the firefighters and officers that are out there protecting US!
you notice the mayor was giving the GANG SIGN in the photo , right …???? she thinks she’s in my GANG……little does SHE know! She thinks she’s got MY PROTECTION so she can speed through a school zone doing 46 mph….????
you know what happened when that scum bag up in New York backed out of his driveway and killed my good friend John Gotti’s son, right ….??????
Gotti’s goons found him and grabbed him and beat him to a pulp with baseball bats & tire irons and then threw him in their van and he hasn’t been seen since. Our little bitch-hag Mayor better be careful or that might happen to her if she’s speeding along and kills somebody’s little child as she races through a POSTED 20MPH SCHOOL ZONE doing 46MPH.
Typical Liberal hypocrit politician,you must go by the rules except me.
Second Post
If that Officer had issued that witch a ticket, little eddie mitchell would have come after him!!!!!
This is absolutely an outrage and a tragedy not to mention corruption.
Cops get away with it too. They are the ones speeding or going through a redlight. Remember that motorcycle cop which got killed on dixie highway who was going 80mph and the lady who hit him is still in prison?
Imagine a Jewish lady trying to act Italian.
What is with the BRAINLESS gang gesture?
Scumqueen ‘Lewis’ Frankel; would you consider youself to be “some sucker” as well?
Yes, that’s your description for a plaintiff challenging the constitutionality of your red-light camera scam![$$$$$$$$$$$$$]
God help you if you run over my child walking home from school.
Im a cop and was issued a ticket by FHP and accepted it because I made a mistake. Whether I noticed the BS speed trap and just changed signs I still accepted it and paid the $300 fine. She nor anyone should get any different treatment. If that WPBPD officer did give her a ticket he would been on foot patrol directing traffic or worse fired if he were on probation. He did the right thing, because she is so vindictive and rotten. Thats why she wants to be disctator and stay there for ever in the 100 million dollar building with 200 flat screens so bad..
SHE IS A LIAR AND A CROOK…I don’t feel she would ever have said that!!! How does CHASE know for sure what the heck she said!
IF SHE SAID that…WHY DID SHE HANG UP ON JOSE!!!!!
DOUBLE STANDARD!
Mr freind got pulled in WPB by a moto-cop for going to work at 32 in a 25…NO WARNING…TICKET!!!
My other buddy just got NAILED IN RIVEARA SPEED TRAP BEACH…..by a cop standing UNDER the speed sign…..$400 TICKET!!!!!
THEY ALSO SIT at the BOTTOM of the PORT OF PALM BEACH BRIDGE and get people coming off the bridge going downhill where the limit suddenly changes!!!
CROOKS>…WHY DON’t THEY GET REAL CROOKS!!!
NOT HONEST PEOPLE GOING TO WORK!!!!!!!
BUT THE MAYOR GETS OFF!!!!!!!
CROOK! crook! CROOK!! ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This shows how UNFAIR the police and higher ups are. Had it been someone with a minimum wage paying job trying to do the best that they can, they would have been arrested, plus given a 411.00 fine(probably more). There needs to be some changes, BIG CHANGES, there. then she is laughing with thumbs up. What a disaster Fl is in with people like her and the other’s that use the system for their own good.
Wow, so many mean spirited people on this site. I have been pulled over and not given a ticket. The officer is able to and should be able to make their own decision. Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes from people who did not get out of a ticket probably because they were mean spirited and rude to the officer like they are on this site. For anyone else throwing insults on this site, Mayor Frankel puts herself out there to serve the public and so does the officer. I thank them both for their good works in the community.
That CHASE SOTT GUY is a TOAD for the TROLL FERAKelsteen…
JUST changed the speed limit? WHat? That school has been there as long as the liars have been mayor!!
SCREW all these cops giving TICKETS to WIN SALES CONTESTS in their dept….LAZY asses set up during work driving hours and GET PEOPLE on the way to WORK…!
THen they go to DUNKIN DONUTS and count how many BONUS POINTS they get for pulling over HONEST CITIZENS GOING TO WORK!
BUT PULL OVER A COP or a POLITICIAN in CORRUPTION COUNTY and guess what…….NO TICKET FOR THEM!!!!
OUR GOVT here…lawyers, politicians, goverment, judges…CORRUPT and ARROGANT TO THE CORE!
FRANKEL KNOWS THIS IS CORRUPTION COUNTY…SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HER TICKET!!!!!! AND CHASE , EVERYONE SUSPECTS IS HER PAID LIAR!!! WE KNOW SHE NEVER SAID THAT! THEY THINK WE ARE ALL PATSYS!….IF SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD JOSE THAT!! SHE HUNG UP ON JOSE NOT BECAUSE SHE IS SCARED OF PUBLICITY>…she lOVES IT>…SHE GOT CAUGHT LYING!!!!!!
THIS HAS GOT TO CHANGE!!!
Every driver who is reading this column should download it and keep a copy against the day that they, or any citizen, is ticketed for the same violation. Bring your copy to court, show it to the judge & tell the judge that you will go all the way to the State Supreme Court if need be. Judges don’t like to be overturned, and this copy will do it, so hang on to it.
Also, if Ofc. Josh Martin is promoted in your LIFETIME, you have a good reason to remind the post of this article.
You don’t think the cops (overpaid and a little spoiled) are ticked off about the way they are treated in the budget? Ask the cop who delivered the story to Jose. The mayor caught a break on a speeding ticket. We are all shocked. The mayor’s flack issued a dump ass statement. Someone call 911. Just be gald the cop was busy stopping speeders and not out harrassing his former girlfriends new boyfriends, stalking potential witness against the city in civil actions, or breaking into the homes of people who threaten to sue the depatment. Thank god for small favors, that’s all we should expect from this bunch.
If you were the cop and need to work, you would not issue a ticket. It would be financially beneficial for the PBSO to engaged in policing the City of West Palm Beach.
TREAT ME AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER CITIZEN ??? Give me a freaking break…… It should be “TREAT ME AS YOU WOULD ANYONE ELSE WHO SIGNS YOUR PAYCHECK” It is nauseating that they would actually thing we would believe it…. 2 terms are enough Lois- give it up !!!!
Funny I got a ticket in that exact same spot back in 1997 and had to pay $316. I guess I should run for Mayor eh?
Wonderful - the mayor speeding in a school zone. Regardless of WHO the person is, speeding in a school zone is reprehensible! Go ahead mayor, contribute what the fine should have been ($411) to the school or some worthy charity - and a worthy charity in this case is NOT the Police Benevolent Fund.
So what’s Lois doing in this photo? The Stooges “pick two” eye gouge prank? Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
Would someone please look up the definition of the word “LAW” and mail it to Frankel. LAWS are not open to interpretation! Give her the damn ticket and make her pay. She is NOT above the law, and the officer should be suspended for not enforcing the written LAW!
I really enjoy the people that are critical of the Police can sit back and criticize when they don’t have the guts to walk a day in a Police Officer’s shoes. As far as PBSO taking over because of not writing the Mayor a ticket?? Please. I am sure you would be saying the same thing if a Deputy declined to write a County Commissioner a citation. So that point is completely irrelevant. American Patriot you should keep your money from your cameras and invest in a spell checker.
I wish my daughter, who is a new driver, had been given the same consideration when she drove through a school zone at 33 mph at 4:15 pm. (The end of the school zone time limit is 4:15 pm!!) Needless to say $406 was an exorbitant price when a stern warning would have been all she needed. The only saving grace is that she has seen how hard you have to work to make that much money. Money is tight for all of us. If you need the money then you should collect it from all of us and not just the common folks. Rules are rules.
A posted school zone does NOT require electronic flashing amber lights to be considered a legal school zone. It just has to be properly posted in accordance with state law. That said, 46 mph is still 16 mph over the regular posted speed of 30 mp. Either way, the speed Mayor Frankel was traveling is in far excess of the posted speed limit for that area. And, every law enforcement officer has a right to his/her descretion in just about every matter involving their duties and responsibilities. The officer did his job. Mayor Frankel failed to do hers and should be embarassed that a public statement had to be made by someone other than herself.
It was an ‘executive’ decision!!! Ha Ha Ha. I’ve been given breaks too!!!
Do you retards posting here want Fries with that order ????
Ok first and foremost to the ignorant posting fools out there. Please use spell check and learn how to make complete sentences. Secondly did Ofc. Martin do the right thing, who knows it was obviously his discretion and a decision I’m sure he is going to hear about for the rest if his career.
Finally to the poster that believes that we work on bonus points or incentives for writing tickets…I wish!!! Sadly the City only recieves approximately $42 for every $150 ticket written. And I can assure you this, if I did get an incentive for writing tickets I would write everyone I stopped.
I’m just really wondering how the newspaper got a hold of this information and who the rat in the department is. That’s the officer you really need to worry about out on the streets!!!!
No defense for these lazy cops. Its easy to stand at speed traps while people are trying their best to get to work on time…and give DOUBLE FINE TIX.
But we are in CORRUPTION COUNTY and she was over DOUBLE the SPEED LIMIT?
She should have just taken the ticket instead of lying about it or having chase lie for her…
Sucka.
To WPB Officer: Spell check? s that the best you can do nimrod? Now down to the nitty gritty. Anyone and I mean anyone speeding in a school zone endangers the school age children, crossing guards and parents who are present. There is no excuse for letting the good mayor or anyone else (including myself if I were to be so inclind to speed though a school zone with flashing lights indicating such) off the hook. Will you be spouting the same stupid cop rhetoric while standing over the body of a child? Besides which, the mayor should lead by example. Thank you for your kind indulgence. Now get back to your donut and coffee.
Every West Palm Beach Officer motorcycle and car have audio and video. Its public record is Ed going to get rid of it or did they lie and say there is no video. I bet they lied. I bet a years pay that Lois didn t say treat me like anyone else.
Frankel needs to pay up or do community service. Better late than never.
If the WPB Police become part of PBSO then they’ll already have the same driving skills as the Sheriff’s Deputies: Speeding in poor road conditions, weaving, drifting, tailgating, distracted driving and, of course, patrol cars are not shipped with turn signals.
what do you expect. they goons work for the slick willy’s and the rest of us are the widgets
Well, the nest time any of us gets pulled over or ticketed in West Palm we cna tell the cop or the court we want the Lois Deal! I will never pay another ticket in Wet palm without a court case and I will be bringing this up in court. I have printed this and I will use it with an lawyer. LOLWhy should I pay when she doesnt’T.
If you don’t like what the mayor is doing, and don’t like the way she is running the city then next election get off your butt and vote!!!
If people would take as much time voting for the proper candidates and not basing their decisions on the color of candidates skin we would have a much more efficient and effective government then we do… You want change people then demand it!
Also there is no audio and video cameras or audio recorders on motorcycle units….
Yes, officers of the law have “discretion.” I was speeding and was stopped. I hardly ever speed, but I was passing and gave it a little more gas to move back over. I got caught. I told him to go ahead, give me a ticket, I was speeding. He took my license and insurance, went back to his car, took an awfully long time, then came back to my vehicle with his book in hand. “How long have you been driving?” I told him 42 years, without incident, without so much as a stop. “I’m not going to ruin your great record. Remember when passing, you don’t need to step on the gas more than necessary. If you don’t have room to pass effectively and easily, wait until you do.” Now I don’t pass at all!
She should be impeached,given the infraction at the maximum rate,and made an example of!! No other actions is excusable!!
Tar and Feathered! Run out on a rail?
Its just so old and so typical of our arrogant public officials….a nationwide laughingstock we are , “corruption county” and LEO and Politicians STILL just DO NOT GET IT.
and you thought she would get a ticket foolish you
Im grateful someone was out watching our school zones.
The mayor should be ashammed of herself, “not aware I was in a school” I find that extremely hard to swallow as the truth and nothing excuses it. This is the person who wants to cut police officers pay & benefits! She doesn’t even know when she is in a school zone and can’t follow the law herself so I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. If we allow her to do this who will be watching our children as she speeds through school zones in the future!
46 mph in a 20 mph zone (more than double the legal speed limit)deserves no discretion. Period. That’s a blatant disregard for the law. Obviously backroom politics were in play.
I could understand it if is was a reg speed zone, that would be ok to let her go, but this was a SCHOOL ZONE, every officer should be issuing tickets for speeding there because there is NO REASON to be speeding around a school!!!!! And I really do not think the mayor told him to treat her like anyone else i know her and I am sure she said something more like “YOU KNOW I AM THE MAYOR” This office should write the ticket and take it her office and give it to her….both the PD AND THE MAYOR’S OFC should do the right thing!!!!! SHE IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW JUST BECAUSE SHE IS THE MAYOR!!!!!
I think Ofc. Martin is crazy for not issuing the mayor a ticket. Not because she is mayor, but she was the one in front of the city commissioners meeting telling them how wpb police are over paid and had nothing to do with reduction in crime. Karma Ofc. Martin!!!!
american patriot your a fuc@@@@ idiot. Get a life. Citizen arrest my ba@@……..
She didn’t realize she was in a school zone? Despicable.
BIG STORY SHE BUILT A BEAUTIFULL CITY FOR ALL YOU CREEPS TO ENJOY SO GO FLY A KITE
WE LOVE THE MAYOR SO YOU WILL NOT PRINT THIS
Eveyone needs to stop bashing the police officer!!!!!!!!!!! this is another clear example how, this mayor used her posistion that we as wpb citizens gave her, to overpower and install fear and hesitation not only in this officer but in all who proudly serve you. instead of going after the men and women who in an instance notice will put there lives on the line for YOU!!!!!!!!! citizen. put the energy and blame towards the ones who truly abuse the office they occupy. keep the smart wise comments coming but i urge and encourage you to stop the daggers towards the police for this mayor has knowingly,willingly and with the up most malice destroyed one of there own!!!!!!!!! stand strong againsit the enemy and i can ensure you its not our cops on the street!!!!!!!!!!! god bless and lets be smart and wise on we handle this. this incident maybe the one the feds need to get there attention!!
WHY NOT TELL THE TRUTH, FOR ONCE???????????????????????
HER SHE GO AGAIN SCREWING THE PEOPLE THAT SHE CAN DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS TO GET AWAY WITH.
SHE COSTED THE TAX-PEOPLE A EXTRA $100 MILLION DOLLARS AT CITY BUILDING. SHE ANOTHER H LONG FROM LA.
SHE ANOTHER CROOKED CITY EMPLOYEE GETTING AWAY WITH A CRIME.
Officer Martin, is this the same mayor that took the WPBPD benifits package away which results in the lost of several thousands of dollars for officers. Well neither the mayor or her commisioners has taking any pay cuts, and I will promise you they will NEVER. 26 MPH over the speed limit in a school zone??? Officer Martin and Frankel should be ashame of themselves. Thats not police descretion. Deciding to stop a car or not for going 1-5 MPH over the speed limit in a school zone, maybe descretion., but 26 MPH over is reckless and a fine should have been issued. Well then again why should the Mayor pay for a fine??? She does pay anything else i.e. Health care premiums, deductiable just to name a couple.
To tony gallagher: WHY NOT TELL THE TRUTH, FOR ONCE???????????????????????
And ruin a perfect record? Lying is what our politicos do best.
It figures - Officer Martin knows where his paycheck comes from!
I’m a cop and I would have written her! 26 miles per hour over the limit IN A SCHOOL ZONE!! You have to be kidding me that he used officer discretion? Really? My kids could have been there Ms Frankel! 26 MPH!!!!!OVER!!! I guess another political figure gets off! Hey Officer Martin grow a set!! AMAZING!
First….we need to stop cops from pulling over ALL honest people just trying to get to work on time.
If the Mayor really did ask to be treated like any other citizen doing over double the speed limit in a school zone and got off with a warning, then that’s what ALL CITIZENS should get….not just this Mayor.
Why don’t these cops go get bad guys.
I see SO MANY COPS, as many as 12 together during rush hour pulling over people for minor infractions….obviously just to make money…….I never see them pulling anyone over on Tamarind….which appears COVERED with hoodlum DRUG DEALERS 24/7…..but NO COPS…..these kids try to FLAG YOU DOWN …..they appear to be blatantly dealing drugs………why are not the cops there?
The Mayor should have taken that ticket. She deserved it if anyone else got one that day..
And if she was so innocent…why did she hang up on Jose? …and then have her flunkie/alleged cover upper Chaseeee Scoot issue what looks like a blatant lie.
What a shame. I thought she was a politician we could trust.
If it were anyone else in the WPB… the officer’s discretion would be get that $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for the city. dept., etc. You’d think with all of the budget shortfalls in WPB… the tyrant frankle would be no i broke the law, i need to pay the fine. She is complete scum.
LOVE HER… why don’t you go fly a kite at the waterfront she wasted all the money on.
Such a liar.
No one believe she gave that scripted statement to a cop.
If she did…she would have gotten a ticket. I guarantee you anyone going over double the speed limit in a school zone gets a ticket…but not the CORRUPTION COUNTY MAYOR….maybe its because her x-husband is RICHARD LUBIN or she allegedly hand picked DUMPSA BUSH as WPB POLICE CHIEF?
If this is how WPB Police treat all citizens, cool, no one will be getting tickets, just like the mayor
She should have been jailed! 25+ mph over the posted speed limit (hers was 26mph) you are to be arrested and jailed in addition to double the speeding fine.
And the officer’s “appointed” boss should be canned with her. Time to call for her impeachment.
Goes to show you how corrupt money and power are, particularly this ugly foul witch.
Come on Lois, for once in your life as Mayor, take some repsonsibility for your actions and pay the fine.
God knows the city needs the revenue since you keep spending money on needless projects for your own interests and no one will remember you for anything else when your gone except your own partisanship and selfishness.
You also make a lousy role model to all those kids in West Palm who already break the law and don’t take responsibility for their actions.
Cant’ wait till your gone. Good By!
I love all the Monday Morning Quarterbacks. So, you all are saying that if you were to pull over your boss, you would give them a ticket. For the same infraction and/or violation,Do you think a deputy would give the Sheriff a ticket? Do you think a trooper would give the Colonel of the FHP a ticket? Do you think an M.P.(Military Police) would give his commanding officer a ticket?
If the Mayor received a ticket for speeding, you all would then be asking, “why didnt she get arrested for double the speed, or why didnt they revoke her license, or why why why. Nothing is ever good enough. Remember, things could be worse for WPB.
the least she could do is donate the amount of the fine to the school in the area she was speeding
I’m the mayor, I don’t get tickets. You people should be happy about all the things I do for you. I make a great place for all of you to live and all you cry babies need to get a life and work harder so I can collect more tax dollars and I’ll make your lives better buy spending as I see fit. You losers commenting on here need to get a life.
Officer Martin lazy or suck up..
LOIS NEEDS TO DO SOME COMMUNITY AT THAT
SCHOOL… LOIS THOSE ARE KIDS OUT THERE..
GIVE OZZIE A KEY TO THE CITY
AND THEN THIS ARE YOU GETTIN A LITTLE
DEMENTIA…… ???????
Double the limit in a SCHOOL ZONE u and i would get a court appearence for that not mayor frankenb*tch
Valid points LEO; every one of them.
BUT……
This one, PayforPlay-Frankel, should do what is right by going to the PD and insist on the ticket being issued. Any officer (yourself or Martin) using discretion on any infraction is 100% okay with me; I’ve gotten warned before.
If she did the right thing, her mea-culpa would be a tad more believable… & benefit Josh Martin’s decision as well. Frankel is the culprit.
Hey, LEO, you must be a Corruption County politician or one of their aides. Your comments demonstrate you don’t have a clue about ethics. And what could be worse for WPB? If, somehow, some way, the charter is changed and Lois gets another term or if one of her clones, Mooyo or Molly, get elected. Fresh ideas, please.
I just got a ticket for 41 in a 30 and it wasn’t even a school zone. I didn’t like getting the ticket but I was speeding and I paid the consequences. In her position as mayor she should have insisted the officer act accordingly ESPECIALLY IN A SCHOOL ZONE to show no prefered treatment!!!
I also know driving in the morning downtown the motorcycle cops are parked in such areas for “1″ reason to hand out tickets to speeders! Officers discretion??… give me a break!!! And before I get accused of hating law enforcement like that meatball “Jose” from comment #4 half my family is in law enforcement and I have complete respect for them.
Simple fact, Frankel got caught and was able to skirt the system with the help of one of her employees!
“Don’t you know who I am”!is the first thing out of her mouth, to the police officer.”She didn’t know about the speed zone”.after how many years of going to city hall downtown.Give me a break! She should get fined double for lying and speeding,if not fired!
I guess we all forgot that Martin is the same officer that took another officer’s job over a traffic citation. Thats right he is a RAT, he couldn’t help a fellow officer out on a ticket so he got him fired. What did you expect from him, he is on there side. Frankel is the one in the City commission reminding the commissoners of the “Me Too” clause. The “Me Too” clause is in regard to longevity in all other city employee contracts. If we get longevity so does every city employee. Grow some nuts she is taking money from your family.
See “Jennifer” comment 26. It is a good thing that your daughter is in school. Perhaps she can give you a few lessons in grammar. For many of you who are commenting, please learn something about what you intend to comment on. You may all go to the grocery store and read your normal tabloid about the UFO that just landed in your trailer park. Remember to sleep tight tonight, for it is the Officers who are prepared to face harm on your behalf. Mayor Fankel is doing every thing she can to screw the WPBPD. How can anyone invision that they want to help her out.
It must be nice that the police officer does not take his job seriously enough to protect our children. He forgot what he was hired to do. That was not to help the criminals, 5.5 persons for every job in this nation. Please get rid of people like this. Give someone else a chance it seems he needs to be unemployed. You are suppose to protect the innocent. Everyone should fight their ticket from this officer and agency. Now they are picking and chosing, Our laws are not be upheld correctly,
Fellow officer, you’re an idiot! Martin didn’t get anyone fired. He refused to dismiss a traffic ticket for someone who was a fellow officer’s friend. When he refused, that officer took it upon himself to go to the courthouse and dismiss the ticket himself. Unfortunately for him, he committed a felony by forging an official document. THAT is why the “fellow officer” is no longer an officer; he committed a felony! Bash Martin all you want about not writing Mr. (sorry, Ms.) Frankel a ticket, but get the facts straight before you call someone a RAT!
This is just another example of Lois Frankel using her position to benefit herself. (Are you paying attention State Attorney Michael McAuliffe?)
Let’s see Lois produce just one other person driving more than double the speed limit in a school zone that was not ticketed when stopped by the West Palm Beach Police.
The officer who let the mayor off should be fired. She was in a school zone & going quite fast. Shame shame shame!!!! Years ago my son was almost hit by a speeding car that didn’t stop for his bus when the children were getting off & crossing the non-divided 2 lane street. He’s lucky to be alive today. Come on Lois! Set a better example!
Geez people, does anyone REALLY believe that any cop would ticket the Mayor…who the Police Chief reports to? Let’s get real here. Officer Martin would have been reassigned to the night shift before he even got back to the station after writing that ticket.
As a police officer with West Palm Beach, I would have written the ticket. However, for those of you who have received tickets in the school zone on Tamarind Ave, by Dreyfoos, please take those citations to court. The school zone is not marked properly and is technically “unenforceable” because they have the “school zone” sign and then they have a regular speed limit sign right after it which technically ends the school zone. Take a picture of the signs and take it to court. I have been trying to get them to change the signs for years but no one wants to listen
Hah ha…Undercover Brother must be a friend of Frunkel’s.
Undercover Brother, the school zone may be unenforceable however the “Witch” was doing 46 mph in a 30 mph, which is excess speed in a residential neighborhood and common sense which the mayor lacks, would have you slow down to atleast 30 mph when you see a school regardless of children present.
Oh, calm down everyone. Dreyfoos is one of the top-rated high schools in the nation. Those kids are bright enough to look both ways before crossing the street. Let those among us who have not been fortunate enough to get a warning when we deserved a ticket cast the only stones.
Who cares. I can’t stand this women but I could care less that she didn’t get a ticket. I’ve been pulled over several times in the past and more times than not I did not get a ticket. And, I’m sure most of the posters here have been let off by a cop at one point in their lives,
Most of you people are nuts. Get a life instead of sitting there at your keypboards drooling and hyperventiling while you spew out banal commentary. Your combined IQ’s don’t add to the speed limit in a school zone.
The subject “school zone” is actually a 30 mph “speed trap” along Tamarind that is a five lane roadway. There is no pedestrian traffic, students or otherwise, along this link because the railroad tracks are on the west side.
I drive it every day and they should post it 45 or 50, which is about the average actual speed.
Last year my husband and I came to spend our winter in sunny Florida. Went out to dinner at Mondo’s on US Highway 1 and while driving back to the condo, stopped for gas. A motorcycle police officer pulled in behind us and flashed his lights. We truly had no idea what we had done. Well, obviously, we were speeding and received a ticket in the neighborhood of $150! (The fact that my husband has a Purple Heart license plate got him no favor! If only he could be the Mayor!) I went to pay the ticket online and found I had to pay an additional $5 - $11 dollars, not sure of the exact amount, but with the already outrageous ticket price decided to pay in person. What a joke! The office was PACKED! It would have been at the very least an hour wait - so, I did pay the ticket for him online. I do feel bad for Officer Martin, if indeed, he is as lenient with citations as he claims. However, one needs to give the break to the “average joe”, NEVER to someone in power and this example of your mayor Ms. Frankel is the exact reason. All it does is make every “average joe” shake their head and realize the little guy never gets the break and the government is out for themselves, not the people. As I have always told my son, “Do the right thing.”
Cops are revenuers, not law enforcement. And if you ain’t cop, your little people.
Wish I had a light array in my car so I could run red lights, too.
Come on now…..how many of you perfect people have ever been pulled over and given a warning. Cops do it for everybody. A lot of times it depends on your attitude when they stop you…..
If I get a ticket, guess I’ll go to court and fight it. We always knew WPB cops had some shady ones on the force. Wait until you get investigated like County Commisioners. Bye-bye.
MAYBE LOIS DID PAY A SLIP OF SOME CASH.. !!!
COULD THIS BE OFFICER MARTIN..?
CASH IN THE OLE COP POCKET !!!
AND ROOKIE STEINBERG ..PLZ DON’T TURN OUT LIKE
YOUR
DADDY AT PBSO …HE’S A CORRUPT COP TOO !
As Mayor, doesn’t she know the school zones? Of course she should be ticketed like any other citizen who does not obey the school zone area. I know I would be fined if this happened to me.
SHE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED AND SELL HER PRESIDENT COUNTRY CLUB HOME!! MAYBE SHE CAN TEAM UP WITH ALL HER OTHER COHORTS… PLUS SHE CAN USE A GOOD MAKE OVER!!!
IMPEACH LOIS FRANKEL NOW!!! NANCY GRAHAM GETS ALL THE CREDIT FOR WEST PALM BEACH!!!
Rally at Saturday’s Green Market to Impeach the Mayor!!! 8 a.m. BRING YOUR SIGNS!!!
Lois refuses to pay to play but makes the rest of us do it!
Why would Lois get a ticket or worry about hitting a kid in a school zone? As we all know she flies a broom!!
What I find even more offensive is that the Mayor Frankel is giving us all the evil hand jesture and trying to put a curse on us with that evil hand jesture in the above picture. What the %$#@!!!!
And how about the action of the mayor a few weeks ago, this same mayor gave away the key to the city of West Palm Beach to that self-acclaimed book selling musician Druggie Oxxie Osbourne?
What the @$%#^!!!
Furthermore, Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice censors had to bleep out all the vile develish verbage from that guest Mrs. Oxxie Osbourne??? WPB PURE EVIL
“I don’t wanna do no interview” ???? Did “Officer” JOSH MARTIN say that? Is that English? I wonder how he and LEWIS FRANKEL communicated at all!!!
Perhaps it was only the communication of money that was needed to get out of a $411 ticket.
OFFICER JOSH MARTIN personnel file should be reviewed immediately for any other improper incidents of “discretion” WHAT A HOG WASH. WE DEMAND THAT HE BE FIRED FROM HIS POSITION AS A “POLICE OFFICER” IMMEDIATELY.
BC, good job! Running a red light with your kid in the care, and sounding proud of that and the fact you were
not ticketed. A33hole.
When anyone gets stopped by WPB policem they should say
treat me like any other Mayor.
I was stopped on the same area as the mayor and was 5 miles over the speed limit in a school zone and received a 300 dollar ticket without any warning, what is wrong with picture????
Everyone please scroll up and look at the picture. Notice Louis Frankelstien is giving the two horned satan salute to the camera. She hands the keys to the city to a known Satan worshipper Ozzie Ozzborninsin now she is flashing satanic gang signs.
This corrupt Mayor may have escaped a ticket but rest assured she has a ticket STRAIGHT TO HELL !!!
Mayor and Martin should BOTH be FIRED. If you or I where stopped for 26 over in a School zone, guest WHAT???????????????????????????????????????
Martin is a disgrace.26 miles over in a schoolzone is worse than going 100mph down So. Dixie. Evidently he had his “QUOTA” or Enforcement Index as they call it.Most motormen wouldn,t think twice if the person doing 26 in a school zone was driving a Chevy or a piece of junk.They have no sympathy for poor people. he said he had to go to another call,where did he think the patrolman was going code 3.he wasn,t needed immediately and had it been anybody but the Mayor they would have been written.Motormen are a strange breed to bad they aren,t policemen.Send them to a disturbance call and they cringe.
100% OF THE GUILT BELONGS TO THE POLICE OFFICER! THE PROBLEM IS NOT WEATHER SHE BROKE THE LAW,IT’S THE CORRUPT POLICE OFFICER WHO DID NOT DO HIS JOB. HE HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED HE IS UNABLE TO PROPERLY PERFORM HIS JOB.HE SHOULD DEFINETLY BE PENALIZED.HIS FINE SHOULD BE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF THE FINE SHE SHOULD HAVE PAID.MAYBE NEXT TIME HE WILL REMEMBER WHAT HIS DUTY AS A POLICE OFFICER ACTUALLY IS!!
Palm Beach county is corrupt.
The primary function of the WPB Police is revenue collection for the city, except when the mayor is stopped!
Can you believe his excuse?
That cop is a gutless liar!!!
Once again, Queen Lois escapes unscathed. Remember the tow grand jury investigations into the City’s “pay to play” climate? Nothing has changed. Anyone who thinks changing the City charter just to allow her to rule any longer needs a brain scan. Let the term limits do as designed and rid of us this crass, obnoxious politican. In fact, professional politicians as a rule need to find real jobs across the board. Vote out all incumbents! Save our City and country..
She sure gets away with being an UGLY old HAG! I would have given her two tickets, 1 for speeding and 1 for being UGLY…….you aint got no alibi cause you UGLY
The Mayor will NOT let you call her Lois, it is not respectfully in her book. Maybe now we all should refer to her as Lois…. just another one of her power trips. Please do not let her run again.