Fort Lauderdale mayor says $250K robotic toilet may put stop to 'illegal sex'

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | July 4, 2007 | Brittany Wallman

[ConservativeStatement]

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Mayor Jim Naugle has never been shy about voicing his beliefs.

He's called some environmentalists "wackos" and said people complaining about high home prices were lazy, beer drinking "schlocks."

Now the mayor has shifted his attention to a robotic toilet, saying the invention could have a special edge over a traditional restroom in preventing the "homosexual activity" that he said plagues other public restrooms.

The robo-john the city might buy for $250,000 or more allows occupants to stay inside for only a short time before the door opens. Probably not enough time for "illegal sex," Naugle figures.

[Do Be]

lazy, beer drinking "schlocks."

I knew someone was talking about me because my ears started twitching. Must have been the lazy, beer drinking part because I do not know what a schlock is.

I mean, I thought I knew. I thought it was that thing I began playing with a lot with great pleasure at about age twelve, but the context of the sentence makes me believe I was mistaken.

Hey, don't fuss at me. This is toilet humor isn't it?

I don't know much about this subject but one thing I know for sure. If that $250,000 had to come from the pocket of the Fort Lauderdale mayor, he would use his time more wisely.

And, what if the guys that are using the toilets are homosexuals and exhibitionists. This could become the newest thing in park theater.

I think it's time to flush this mayor, schlock and all, like the big turd he is. Tell him he can take one sheet of toilet paper with him.

[gcruse]

Illegal sex...illegal sex...illegal sex...
That would be bestiality, w’unt it?
Or maybe statutory rape...

It’s nice to know they have outhouses that can fix that.

[Yardstick]

Good grief, has it been that long since Robocop came out? Look how “analog” the robot looks. Modern studios would never spend the time and effort to built a physical model and do all the stop motion animation. They’d just CGI it digitally.

/off topic

[gitmo]

"I'm not an expert on public toilet sex," said Trantalis, "but there are those who would say one minute would be enough. Or 30 seconds."

Good grief!

[rxgalfl]

These are MY tax dollars at work...robotic toilets !!!!!!

[rxgalfl]

Humbris, clearly you do not pay any taxes in Broward county or not enough to actually justify 1/4 million dollars toilets !!!!!!!! I rather see that money used in widening Broward, Sunrise and Oakland Park Blvd. I rather see that money used in finishing off the nightmare the turnpike is as of late and finishing off the privacy/sound walls which are now being built along.

[Humbris]

“The article says there is no evidence of any men having sex in any restrooms.”

No, the article says the police don’t consider it a “hot crime”. The police do (or don’t do) what the city commission and power brokers want. This was never so well demonstrated as when Ft Lauderdale decided to stop the spring breakers from coming. They simply used the police as a heavy hand on the partiers and word got out- it ended. Today as I mentioned, the commission is pro-gay; hence the stance on the Boy Scouts and thus the opinion of the “police” that the liberal Sun Sentinel claims.

I admit that the price tag on the bathrooms sounds astonishing, but there again the article misleads. The point of the expensive bathrooms is clearly not just that it opens the door, but that it is somehow hygienic by self cleaning methods, but this very important fact is obscured by the slant of the anti-Naugle bias. (Other commissioners would necessarily have had to approve as well).

Ft Lauderdale is a unique place. It is flush with wealthy residents from Europe and S. America and a skyrocketing property tax base, but also has transients and street people. Gay men do use public restrooms for sex in spite of your contention, and Ft. Lauderdale has been loath to provide them because of this health hazard as well as other crime issues. (can you imagine sending your child into a public bathroom that you know was used as a place for homosexual encounters?) uch!

The point is there is more to this smear on the mayor than we are privy to, and when you know the agenda of the liberal media and who they consider enemies, you are better able to see through it.

[Humbris]

Naugle is a Republican.

[Humbris]

"The article says there is no evidence of any men having sex in any restrooms." < No, the article says the police don’t consider it a "hot crime". The police do (or don't do) what the city commission and power brokers want. This was never so well demonstrated as when Ft. Lauderdale decided to stop the spring breakers from coming. They simply used the police as a heavy hand on the partiers and word got out- it ended. Today as I mentioned, the commission is pro-gay; hence the stance on the Boy Scouts and thus the so-called opinion of the “police” that the liberal Sun Sentinel claims. I admit that the price tag on the bathrooms sounds astonishing, but there again the article misleads. The point of the expensive bathrooms is clearly not just that it opens the door, but that it is somehow more hygienic by self cleaning methods, but this very important fact is obscured by the slant of the anti-Naugle bias. (Other commissioners would necessarily have had to approver as well). Ft. Lauderdale is a unique place. It is flush with wealthy residents from Europe and S. America, but also has transients and street people. Gay men do use public restrooms for sex in spite of your contention, and Ft Lauderdale has been loath to provide them because of this health hazard as well as other crime issues. (can you imagine sending your child into a public bathroom that you know was used as a place for homosexual encounters?) uch! The point is there is more to this smear on the mayor than we are privy to, and when you know the agenda of the liberal media and who they consider enemies, you are better able to see through it.

[Political Junkie Too]

I was watching a show on the History Channel the other night about the auction of the Star Trek props at Christie's. The model builders were saying the same thing, that the Star Trek scale models were of a bygone era where the cameras would pan around the models, and lighting changes would show details and shadows as the camera passed by. They said that models are becoming rarer because of CGI today.

-PJ

[usmcobra]

No robohomocomodos!!!!

I want my Flying Car.

[Yardstick]

Yep, models are going the way of the buggy whip.

[tajgirvan]

This might be the nuttiest thing I’ve seen on FR....but I haven’t been here that long,LOL Happy 4th to all!

[Political Junkie Too]

Soon, actors will, too.

-PJ

[ConservativeStatement]

I am very familiar with Fort Lauderdale and was once a resident of Broward County.

I did read the mayor's bio on Wikipedia:

Naugle has been a registered Democrat since he was 18[1], but he frequently supports Republican candidates.[2] He co-chaired George W. Bush's presidential campaign in 2000 and Jeb Bush's bid for Governor in 1998. In past presidential elections, he supported Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole— all Republicans. Described as a "renegade democrat" by The Washington Post, he said in 2000 that he votes for the candidate, not just the party. Asked why he never became a Republican, he said that as a non-partisan office holder, he did not see a reason to change, but that he would have to to do "some soul-searching" if he ran for other offices.[1] Naugle has said that the American Civil Liberties Union acronym ACLU means "Atheists and Criminal Lobbying Union"[1] and that a proposal for reducing greenhouse gases was "hate-America stuff" concocted by "a bunch of scientists meeting in Paris who've had too much wine."[7] His views regarding homosexuality are that sodomy laws should be enforced and that homosexuality is a sin; at the same time, he stated that he respects gay rights activists.[1]

Naugle has had a long-running dispute with his constituency's largest regional newspaper, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel; he has claimed it should be called Rainbow Sentinel because of a supposed majority of homosexuals on its staff, or Scum-Sentinel because they are "an advertising tabloid newsblog". He has stated "the day I take advice from a company that has vagrants selling their products in the middle of the street, we're all in trouble" (referring to the publication's practice of employing homeless people as street salespeople).[8] He says that he does not agree with Democrats on national issues, qualifying himself as very conservative and willing to limit government. Although he supports some forms of gun control, he has a concealed-weapons permit and sometimes carries a gun.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Naugle

[ConservativeStatement]

Check post 35.

[rxgalfl]

Naugle is having a typical Liberal reaction to this problem: spend more money. The law is quite clear and it needs to be enforced into arresting anyone breaking it. Throwing money down the toilet is not the answer and, again, I cannot help myself but be further convinced that you do not pay enough in property taxes to feel the anger in seeing one's hard earned money wasted by another politician, Republican or not. Furthermore, after seeing the passion and the details regarding this SunSentinel article (newspaper which I do agree upon your labeling of it of being ultra-Liberal) which you have exhibited I am starting to believe that you work in the mayor's office. So tell the mayor loud and clear: DO NOT DARE WASTING OUR TAX DOLLARS!. Enforce the bloody law instead!

[Humbris]

“...I am starting to believe that you work in the mayor’s office. “

Lol.

I was wondering if someone was going to suggest I worked for the company providing the toilet$. :-)

I just know Naugle is an honest politician, and that means more to me than you can believe. I have a bad problem with politicans and media and this issue was one I was willing to take on, even tho it seems impossible to justify $250,000.00 toilets- and I am not attempting to, (tho we don’t have all the facts).

Perhaps I am just exasperated with liberal media bias.

Recently a 71 year old Marine shot a couple of thugs trying to rob him, and the account I read in the Sun-Sentinal made it sound like ‘too much gun violence’ as part of the liberal spin to disarm Americans. It was a perfect example of why we must Never disarm.

They twist things and smear people. The media is the enemy.

[rxgalfl]

As I told you before, I agree with your opinion of SunSentinel. All you have to do is to take a peek at their last page where they list the letters to the editor and you will see how they are all anti-war, Bush-bashing, GOP-bashing, conservative bashing letter. Seldom they print something from the right (and correct) side. One of them was mine where I told them they should change the name from SunSentinel to DNC Newsletter.

Returning to the original premise of your post: I still think that the police needs to do it's job before the mayour is going wasting more of our tax dollars on those toilets. It's just that simple!

I hope you had a safe 4th of July, this afternoon's storms were horrendous.

[Pinkbell]

Well, that could be embarrasing if one had a bout of stomach cramps or was disabled or slow. I don’t think it is a good idea.