Well-known Democratic fundraiser dead in shooting at Signature Grand (banquet hall)

Miami Herald ^ | Apr. 29, 2003 | Herald staff

[Liz]

Miami businessman Jerome Berlin, once described as the country's most powerful Democratic fundraisers, died in a murder-suicide this morning at the Signature Grand, the huge and popular Davie banquet hall in Davie that he owned with partner Michael Pecora.

Police say Pecora is the other person found dead in a second floor office of the hall.

An employee reported hearing a loud argument, then three gunshots behind the locked door. The shooting occurred following a loud argument while hundreds of public school students ate lunch one floor below.

Police broke in and found two white males -- a part of the catering hall's upper management -- on the floor.

The shooting occurred during an event where eighth-graders from Broward public schools were learning more about African tradition at an African Heritage Forum.

The children, who were eating lunch on the first floor, were not evacuated. It was unclear whether the children knew what was going on above them.

The banquet hall hosts hundreds of events a year, including weddings, corporate events, luncheons, reunions and other events.

It has 100,000 square feet, capable of hosting up to 1,800 guests in private areas.

Police stopped traffic on State Road 84 near 70th Avenue. Berlin, who over the years has raised millions of dollars for political candidates, was acquitted in 1991 of federal charges that he and another lawyer conspired to defraud a crippled securities investment firm in 1985.

At the scene of the shooting, a Rabbi and family members appeared at the scene of the shooting and were quickly ushered inside the building.

[tnlibertarian]

Dimocrat shot. In other words, the shooting was GANG RELATED!

So would it be a gang bang?

[Grampa Dave]

I have been posting this link to the old song when we capture another one of Soddomite's guys in the deck of cards. However, this could become a theme song of the Rats as they suffer these fates.

Another One Bites The Dust

[all4one]

Yikes...great point. Especially once the assets are liquidated and any insurance policies are paid. These two were worth more dead than alive....

[fella]

They must of crossed the mafia and/or Hitlery.

[Fraulein]

clinton death list ping

[Liz]

The rest of us are singing "God Bless Amrica."

[Liz]

Either way........watch out.

[mabelkitty]

House members are also "pooling" their money for '04.

[mabelkitty]

True.

Which is why it doesn't say, "angry anti-abortion gun owning white man"

[mabelkitty]

I take that back.

They mentioned they were "two white men".

Is that even necessary?

[Liz]

Yeah, and wadda you wanna bet the two will be commemorated for their support of (barf) "reproductive rights." Talk about irony.

[mabelkitty]

No family, shrewd lawyer, almost strictly cash business...I bet there was more going on than catering.

Are they connected with Fanjuli, the sugar baron, from the other thread on Indy 500?

[bray]

That's one cure for AIDS???

Pray for GW and Our Troops

[mabelkitty]

One more thing I find very very odd.

I would have called the cops ASAP, especially if children were in the same building.

Who decided that the children should stay indoors (so as not to be witnesses to the perps leaving?) and not evacuate?

[sarasota]

Keep the laughter rolling!

[Liz]

Probably trying to remove evidence before the cops arrived.

[Grampa Dave]

The reality of the leftwing whackos makes it easy to keep trotting out the humor.

[skinkinthegrass]

...a few weeks ago...Sen. Chuckie S. airplane incidence, and now this...I wonder if Hitlery is getting the feq. flyer miles from her Little Rock Mafia Squad...she may have as many miles, as her 8 million $$$ bribe from S&S so-called Book deal. Maybe, she won't need to charter a jet in '04/'08 w/that many miles.

[RoseofTexas]

My GAWD! Associating with the RAPIST is a sure DEATH SENTANCE! BEWARE!

[Grampa Dave]

Speaking of Gay rights, one Rat Candidate is braving standing up for civil and Gay Rights!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/902639/posts

"Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, who has become a darling of his party's left wing with his scalding criticism of the Iraq war, comes to San Francisco tonight hoping to shift to a new campaign theme: civil rights and gay rights.

"Democrats are almost as angry at the Democratic Party as they are at the Republicans, because its presidential candidates, including (Sen.) John Kerry, don't have the courage to stand up on issues including gay rights, funding for children's programs and health care," Dean said in a telephone interview Monday.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/902639/posts