THE LOCAL BARFLY SARASOTA CITY COMMISSIONER BATTIE
A BRODY PROMOTED UNLICENSED MASSEUR AND DOG WALKER--
SARASOTA CITY COMMISSIONER KYLE BATTIE
USE OF RACE CARD BACKFIRES
THE BARFLY BATTIE ACTIONS CALLED “DUMB”
AND
BATTIE LACKS “REASONABLE INTELLIGENCE”
Sarasota City Commissioner Kyle Battie has got not only himself in serious legal trouble, so has Battie got the City Of Sarasota in serious legal trouble.
Franklin
Battie accomplished this by FALSLY accusing a local neighborhood activist, Kelly Frankin of making a racist social media post, one that Battie angrily shared with the Commission at a recent meeting.
Legally unfortunate for Battie and the City of Sarasota, the post turned out to be a hoax.
Franklin’s attorney, who is in the process of filling a suit against Battie and contemplating one against the City of Sarasota called the only explanation of Battie’s action---“The only innocent explanation is that he (Battie) is really dumb.”
According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune, "Battie’s evidence was convoluted: A printed-out screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation between unidentified individuals, with a message containing a photograph of a crumpled-up, printed-out screenshot of the alleged Facebook post with slightly blurry text.”
In his letter to Sarasota city officials, Franklin’s Attorney Richard Harrison called it, “a clownishly bad hoax that should have been recognized as such immediately by any person of reasonable intelligence.”
"We will be instituting appropriate legal action on behalf of Ms. Franklin against Commissioner Battie in due course," Harrison said the letter.
The attorney said, "that while he does not anticipate bringing legal action against the city itself at this time, Battie is liable for acting irresponsibly and outside his role as an elected official in publicizing an unverified social media post."
Battie’s legal problems began when he placed a piece of paper on the chamber’s overhead projector, which was a Facebook post attributed to “Kelly Franklin.” Battie then a went into a race card rant, vehemently calling out the vile nature of the post and the indignity of being referred to as a primate.
“I don’t mind you disagreeing with me because you have a different perspective and opinion than I do, but I expected you to do so based on merit, not the color of my skin,” Battie said. “This is sick, abhorrent, and egregious.”
Battie’s MAJOR legal problems began a few hours later when it became clear to the City Commission that the post he presented was FAKE and Franklin had ABSULETLY nothing to do with any racist attack on Battie.
Battie now faces an impending lawsuit and must retain legal counsel. The question now becomes will the City reimburse him for his legal fees, as Harrison claims for – “acting dumb” and “lacking reasonable intelligence.”
This is not the first time Battie has acted the fool and shown lacking reasonable intelligence. For example, back in 2020 days after getting elected, Battie landed in the gutter on Palm avenue after getting drunk and threatening a local citizen, “I’m going to f*** you up.
THE BAR FLY RIDING HIS BIKE AROUND TOWN GIVING MASSAGES BECAME A CITY COMMISSIONER
Battie is one of the Sarasota City Commissioners, who has become part of a UNIPARTY that since 2015 has turned the Sarasota City Commission into a dysfunctional inept s*** show controlled by "Pay to Play" developers hanging out at the Argus Foundation and beyond.
Caragiulo/Barbetta/Barfield
Ever since a 68 convicted felon and the UNIPARTY Hit Man Michael Barfield, Paul "Fredo" Caragiulo and Joe "Benderson" Barbette joined together with UNIPARTY political operatives in 2015, the Sarasota City Commission has become near dysfunctional and in the control of "Pay to Play" developers at the Argus Foundation and beyond.
The Robinson's
Under the direction of a former Sarasota County Christine Robinson, who is the wife of Eric "The Prince of Dirty Dark PAC Money" Robinson, Argus has turned City Hall into a version of the Sarasota County Commission in the pockets of "Pay to Play" developers.”
Chapman/Normile/Zimmerman
In 2015 the UNIPARTY crowd elected Liz Alpert and Shelli Freeland Eddie over Stan Zimmerman and Eileen Normile. In 2017 they elected Hagen Brody over Susan Chapman.
The "Con Man's Con Man" and UNIPARTY Hit Man Michael Barfield with other members of the Sarasota UNIParty -Christine Robinson/Suzanne Atwell/Paul Cariagulo/Hagen Brody/Kevin Cooper/Matt Woodall celebrating CHANGE THE DATE REFERENDUM
ARROYO/BRODY/BATTIE
THE UNIPARTY CONTINUED THE S*** SHOW AT CITY HALL IN 2019 WITH THE THREE BRO’S -- BRODY/ARROYO AND BATTIE AS MAYORS
One of those Commissioners elected in 2020 with the support of the local UNIPARTY was Battie.
Before becoming a City Commissioner, Battie was a former masseur, bar and restaurant greeter and failed dog walker. Battie used to ride his bike around Sarasota without a license, due to numerous traffic violations leading to a suspended license.
Battie being selected Mayor of Sarasota should be another reason the song, "HERE COME THE CLOWNS be played when Commission meetings begin.
Members of UNIPARTY-former Republican County Commissioners Paul "Fredo" Caragiulo and Joe "Benderson" Barbetta/68 CONVICTED felon Michael Barfield/former Sarasota City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell/LGBTQ political operative Gabriel Hament.
How totally unhinged and deranged has the City of Sarasota government become since the UNIPARTY started turning the City of Sarasota up For Sale in 2015, that today a 57-year-old unlicensed masseur, bar greeter, dog abuser and voted only 8 times in 30 years has made a fool of himself once again.
BATTIE STRUTS AROUND DOWNTOWN BAR SCENE
When Battie was elected and went public as a Sarasota City Commissioner three years ago, he paraded and strutted around the Downtown Sarasota bar scene without a mask or recommended social distancing and proceeded to contract Covid-19.
Two weeks later Commissioner Battie got his butt kicked at his favorite hangout on Palm Avenue in Downtown Sarasota after threatening Sarasota residents to "f*** them up."
That incident reflects the way in which Battie, who as the Mayor of Sarasota, conceives of himself. For example, in a text to Tommy Pettiti, who has known Battie for 20 years, that when he called out Battie as a “fake” after Battie announced for the City Commission, Battie told him that he should be leery because he comes-
"FROM SAME CLOTH AS TUPAC"
Battie has been described by local resident Davon Williams, "as a legend in his own mind using downtown Sarasota as a runway to his egotistical, prideful self."
BATTIE "HEAVY DRINKER WHO ACTS COMBATIVE"
Williams states, “The people who supported this unqualified individual for City Commission should be ashamed because they picked someone who has no education and has no job history other than being a bartender, bar greeter, dog walker, and occasional model."
Williams continued, "A heavy drinker (Battie) loves to talk and act combative, like he did to the people he instigates fights with. He’s (Battie) one big facade and the definition of ‘fake it till you make it’. Good job Sarasota. Glad ‘Council’ Battie ‘owns it now’."
BATTIE STUMBLED BACK TO SARASOTA AFTER BEING RUN OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS
Battie stumbled back into Sarasota a few years ago after an unsuccessful modeling career in New York and Miami Beach and a detour in Indianapolis where he was arrested for beating a dog he walked and being evicted from his apartment.
The Selby Gardens Gang
BRODY RECRUITS BATTIE ON BEHALF OF ARGUS AND THE WHITE ELITE WHO HANG OUT AT TARA ON THE BAY TO TAKE OUT SHAW
Battie was recruited for the Sarasota City Commission when he ran into another barfly now deposed Sarasota City Commissioner Hagen Brody. Brody resigned from the the City Commission in 2022 to run for the the Sarasota County Commission, which he lost.
Battie was doing nothing more than riding his bike around Downtown Sarasota and hanging out in bars doing his masseur "thing" and running for the City Commission sounded like a good gig to Battie.
Schleicher
WHITE SOCIAL ELITE DONOR CLASS HANGING OUT AT SELBY GARDENS WANTED SHAW OUT
For over a year and a half Joel Schleicher and his cronies at Argus, members of the local Chamber of Commerce and Gulf Coast Building Exchange (GCBX) had their flunky, Brody searching for someone to take out Sarasota City Commissioner Willie Shaw.
Shaw
Shaw has been gathering the disapproval of the Argus/local Chamber of Commerce/Gulf Coast Builders Exchange (GCBX) and the white social elite of Selby Gardens. They did not want some uppity Black giving them a problem with $millions$ of Tax Increment Funding (TIF) and voting down their other million-dollar City of Sarasota projects.
Roeiemicki
The CEO of Selby Gardens/TARA ON THE BAY Jennifer Roeiemicki also had a problem with Shaw for voting against their multimillion-dollar TARA ON THE BAY project. Shaw opposed the re-zoning of $90 million parking garage and restaurant destroying the ambiance of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Thurlow/Hament/James
BRODY AND UNIPARTY OPERATIVES RUN BATTIE CAMPIGN TO TAKE OUT SHAW
After finding his candidate to take out Shaw, Brody introduced Battie to his cronies, UNIPARTY and LGBTQ political operatives Gabriel Hament, Ed James III and George Thurlow. They proceeded to run the campaign of Battie to replace Sarasota City Commissioner Shaw.
THE UNIPARTY PARTY ELECTING UNQUALIFIED CANDIDATES LIKE BATTIE
The UNIPARTY operatives have been electing UNIPARTY candidates not on their qualifications, but only on their UNIPARTY affiliation, support of the LGBTQ organization and "Pay to Play" developers.
NO EQUALITY FLORIDA ENDORSEMENT-NO SARASOTA CITY COMMISSIIONER ELECTED
Battie certainly had no qualifications other than he was their type of UNIPARTY and LGBTQ candidate, who would go-along-to-get-along with the local white establishment.
Battie had never been to one Coalition of City Neighborhood Association (CCNA) meeting, one local neighborhood meeting, never applied to serve on a City Advisory Board and only voted 11 times in 30 years.
Battie never did one thing in the community other than help keep local bars in business.
DEMS TURNED CITY HALL INTO A S*** SHOW WITH BRODY/ARROYO AND BATTIE AS MAYORS
Brody and his cronies stuffed Battie into the willing pockets at Robinson's Argus Foundation, the Chablis and brie crowd at Selby Gardens, the LGBTQ gang, white urban elite folks in the Rosemary District and other white Urban Pioneers in District One.
Caragiulo
A UNIPARTY Paul " Fredo" Caragiulo gave his approval for Battie stating, despite Battie's deficiencies to be a City Commissioner, "he does looks good in a suit."
Battie was then packaged and managed by Brody and his cronies and subsequently stuffed into a closet, so as not to appear until the day after the election.
OUSTER OF SHAW WITH BATTIE AND ARROYO LEADS TO TAKE OVER OF SCHLEICHER AND "PAY TO PLAY" DEVELOPERS AT ARGUS AND BEYOND
UNIPARTY candidates Battie and Eric Arroyo getting elected in 2020 led to Brody being selected as the City of Sarasota Mayor followed by Arroyo and Battie, which had THE THREE BRO'S deep into "Pay to Play" developer's pockets.
Brody and Brown
As cranes began to fly over Sarasota under the reign of the THREE BRO'S the crane became the official bird of Sarasota.
For two years Brody pulled the strings at City Hall with Battie going along under City Manager Marlon Brown's supervision, who acted under the supervision of Robinson and her patrons at the Argus Foundation and beyond.
Everything was going well for Battie cutting ribbons, pushing the approval buttons anytime a developer put a project up for approval, while enjoying being a Downtown Sarasota barfly.
When Brody left, nothing changed. The City of Sarasota continued to become an urban jungle, as another UNIPARTY Commissioner Debbie Trice replaced Brody and Battie kept on pushing the right buttons for the "Pay to Play" developers.
Nothing changed for Battie, until pulling the race card and calling out Kelly Franklin---that was really "dumb" and lacking "reasonable intelligence."
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