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'''John P. "Jack" Seiler''' (born May 27, 1963) is an ] politician and Mayor of ]. Prior to this he was a ] member of the ], from 2000 to 2008 representing District 92 which is located in ].<ref name=FLH>{{cite news|title=Rep. John P. "Jack" Seiler |publisher=Florida House of Representatives|url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/SEctions/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4220|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lyons|first=Doug|title=Who will succeed Jack Seiler?|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2007-07-02|url=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/theslant/blog/2007/07/keep_an_eye_on_the_house_distr.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}} ("Next year will be state Rep. Jack Seiler's last year in the Florida House ...")</ref> He served as mayor, vice mayor and city council member of ] from 1993 to 2000.<ref name=FLH/>. In 2014, he supported and defended laws passed criminalizing feeding homeless people in public. '''John P. "Jack" Seiler''' (born May 27, 1963) is an ] politician and Mayor of ]. Prior to this he was a ] member of the ], from 2000 to 2008 representing District 92 which is located in ].<ref name=FLH>{{cite news|title=Rep. John P. "Jack" Seiler |publisher=Florida House of Representatives|url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/SEctions/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4220|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lyons|first=Doug|title=Who will succeed Jack Seiler?|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2007-07-02|url=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/theslant/blog/2007/07/keep_an_eye_on_the_house_distr.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}} ("Next year will be state Rep. Jack Seiler's last year in the Florida House ...")</ref> He served as mayor, vice mayor and city council member of ] from 1993 to 2000.<ref name=FLH/>.


Seiler was a candidate to succeed ]<ref name=Herald>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Amy|title=Jack Seiler wins race for Fort Lauderdale mayor|publisher=The Miami Herald|date=2009-02-11|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/486/story/898150.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> ] in the 2009 mayoral election for ]. He was elected February 10, 2009, winning against three opponents with more than 57 percent of the vote,<ref>{{cite news|last=Man|first=Anthony|title=Jack Seiler, Fort Lauderdale's new mayor: "It feels great"|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-02-10|url=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/02/jack_seiler_fort_lauderdales_n.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref> avoiding a ].<ref name=SunEl>{{cite news|last=Wallman|first=Brittany|title=Seiler crushes opponents in Ft. Lauderdale mayoral win, Rodstrom will get second term|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-02-10|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-bn-021009-newmayor,0,3598533.story|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref> Analysis of the race suggests Seiler won because of high name recognition and strong fundraising<ref name=Herald/> which exceeded $250,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wallman|first=Brittany|title=Jack Seiler tops $250,000 in contributions for Lauderdale mayor's race|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-02-09|url=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/02/jack_seiler_tops_200000_in_con.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref> Seiler was sworn in March 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Amy|title=Fort Lauderdale commission swearing-in marks changing of the guard|publisher=The Miami Herald|date=2009-03-17|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/953877.html|accessdate=2009-03-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Seiler was a candidate to succeed ]<ref name=Herald>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Amy|title=Jack Seiler wins race for Fort Lauderdale mayor|publisher=The Miami Herald|date=2009-02-11|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/486/story/898150.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> ] in the 2009 mayoral election for ]. He was elected February 10, 2009, winning against three opponents with more than 57 percent of the vote,<ref>{{cite news|last=Man|first=Anthony|title=Jack Seiler, Fort Lauderdale's new mayor: "It feels great"|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-02-10|url=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/02/jack_seiler_fort_lauderdales_n.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref> avoiding a ].<ref name=SunEl>{{cite news|last=Wallman|first=Brittany|title=Seiler crushes opponents in Ft. Lauderdale mayoral win, Rodstrom will get second term|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-02-10|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-bn-021009-newmayor,0,3598533.story|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref> Analysis of the race suggests Seiler won because of high name recognition and strong fundraising<ref name=Herald/> which exceeded $250,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wallman|first=Brittany|title=Jack Seiler tops $250,000 in contributions for Lauderdale mayor's race|publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2009-02-09|url=http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/02/jack_seiler_tops_200000_in_con.html|accessdate=2009-02-11}}</ref> Seiler was sworn in March 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Amy|title=Fort Lauderdale commission swearing-in marks changing of the guard|publisher=The Miami Herald|date=2009-03-17|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/breaking-news/story/953877.html|accessdate=2009-03-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
On January 31, 2012, Seiler was reelected with 75.03% of the vote in a three-way race.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.browardsoe.org/ERSummary.aspx?eid=131 |title=Presidential Preference Primary and Municipal Elections: 1/31/2012 |publisher=Broward Country Supervisor of Elections |accessdate=November 4, 2012}}</ref> On January 31, 2012, Seiler was reelected with 75.03% of the vote in a three-way race.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.browardsoe.org/ERSummary.aspx?eid=131 |title=Presidential Preference Primary and Municipal Elections: 1/31/2012 |publisher=Broward Country Supervisor of Elections |accessdate=November 4, 2012}}</ref>

On November 2nd 2014 the 90-year-old Arnold Abbott was stopped by the police for handing out four plates of food to homeless people in a South Florida park. Abbott and two pastors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were charged for feeding the homeless in public, the city's first crackdowns under a new ordinance banning public food sharing. They face possible jail time and a $500 fine. Abbott has been helping feed homeless people in the area through his Love Thy Neighbor nonprofit since 1991.

Mayor Jack Seiler will keep on enforcing the laws in Fort Lauderdale and is not satisfied with having a cycle of homeless in the city of Fort Lauderdale, stating that providing them with a meal and keeping them in that cycle on the street is not productive. After an ordinance limiting the storage of personal property in public, came the restrictions for food sharing. A disgusted Abbott stated Seiler's fanatism is affecting the the poorest of the poor who have nothing, not even a roof over their head. Law professor Frederick Leatherman called the Mayor an asshole. <ref>http://firedoglake.com/2014/11/07/criminalizing-feeding-the-homeless-should-be-a-felony/|quote="This song is for you, Mayor Seiler: <'Asshole Song' by Jimmy Buffett>."</ref>

Police told Abbott anyone who touches a pan, anyone who is involved, will be arrested. It's a battle Abbott has fought before. In 1999 he sued the city for banning him from feeding homeless people on the beach and won. <ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/04/justice/florida-feeding-homeless-charges/index.html</ref>

Matthew 25:35
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." ... said by Jesus the Christ.



==References== ==References==

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John P. "Jack" Seiler
41st Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 17, 2009
Preceded byJim Naugle
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 92nd district
In office
January 2001 – January 2009
Preceded byTracy Stafford
Succeeded byGwyndolen Clarke-Reed
Mayor of Wilton Manors
In office
1998–2000
Preceded by???
Succeeded byJohn Fiore
Personal details
Born (1963-05-27) May 27, 1963 (age 61)
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSusan Rimes
ChildrenMarianna
Jacqueline
Preston
Susanne
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
University of Miami

John P. "Jack" Seiler (born May 27, 1963) is an American politician and Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prior to this he was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, from 2000 to 2008 representing District 92 which is located in Broward County, Florida. He served as mayor, vice mayor and city council member of Wilton Manors, Florida from 1993 to 2000..

Seiler was a candidate to succeed term-limited Jim Naugle in the 2009 mayoral election for Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was elected February 10, 2009, winning against three opponents with more than 57 percent of the vote, avoiding a run-off election. Analysis of the race suggests Seiler won because of high name recognition and strong fundraising which exceeded $250,000. Seiler was sworn in March 17, 2009. On January 31, 2012, Seiler was reelected with 75.03% of the vote in a three-way race.

References

  1. ^ "Rep. John P. "Jack" Seiler". Florida House of Representatives. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  2. Lyons, Doug (2007-07-02). "Who will succeed Jack Seiler?". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-02-11. ("Next year will be state Rep. Jack Seiler's last year in the Florida House ...")
  3. ^ Sherman, Amy (2009-02-11). "Jack Seiler wins race for Fort Lauderdale mayor". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  4. Man, Anthony (2009-02-10). "Jack Seiler, Fort Lauderdale's new mayor: "It feels great"". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  5. Wallman, Brittany (2009-02-10). "Seiler crushes opponents in Ft. Lauderdale mayoral win, Rodstrom will get second term". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  6. Wallman, Brittany (2009-02-09). "Jack Seiler tops $250,000 in contributions for Lauderdale mayor's race". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  7. Sherman, Amy (2009-03-17). "Fort Lauderdale commission swearing-in marks changing of the guard". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  8. "Presidential Preference Primary and Municipal Elections: 1/31/2012". Broward Country Supervisor of Elections. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

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