The Broward County Commission campaign between supporters of incumbent Commissioner Dale Holness and state Sen. Chris Smith is a street fight.
Literally.
A Smith campaign worker allegedly pulled a knife last weekend on Holness supporters. Sen. Smith countered that “campaign workers for Commissioner Holness, a bunch of young adolescent males began the confrontation.”
Welcome to Broward’s nastiest campaign this year!
The recent vile conduct are an example of why the Holness vs. Smith contest has been called the most combative Broward County Commission race this year. Up for grabs is the inner city District 9 seat.
A subtext of this brawl is whether an African American or a Caribbean American will represent much of Central Broward north of Davie Road. Smith was born in Fort Lauderdale, while Holness is from Jamaica.
The district contains roughly 76,000 Black voters, 21,000 Whites and 9,300 Hispanics. It is the most heavily Democratic of the nine commission districts — 84,000 registered Ds, 9,634 Rs and 22,000 NPAs.
So it is all over in the August 30th Democratic primary.
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