{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = James T. Naugle | honorific_suffix = | image = x170px | image_size = 83px | caption = | order = | office = 40th Mayor of Fort Lauderdale | term_start = 1991 | term_end = March 17, 2009 | predecessor = Robert O. Cox | successor = Jack Seiler | constituency = | majority = | birth_date = 1954<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> | birth_place = Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> | spouse = Carol-Lisa Phillips (1963) | relations = | children = Rachel Elizabeth (1998) | alma_mater = Florida Atlantic University | occupation = Politician | profession = Real estate broker | signature = JimNaugleSignature.gif | website = [http://www.jimnaugle.com JimNaugle.com] }} '''James T. Naugle''' (born 1954)<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc>{{cite web|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2000-10-26/news/politically-incorrect/|title=Politically Incorrect|author=Bob Norman|publisher=New Times|accessdate=2007-06-26|date=October 26, 2000}}</ref> is an American real estate broker who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Although a lifelong Democrat,<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> Naugle frequently voted for and supported Republican candidates.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> Elected for the first time in 1991, Naugle was the longest-serving mayor in the history of Fort Lauderdale, serving for six consecutive terms.<ref name=MayorBio>{{cite news|publisher=Freedoms Foundation Valley Forge, Florida Chapter |url=http://www.ffvfbroward.org/PDF/Mayor%20Bio.pdf |title=Mayor's Bio |accessdate=2007-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180148/http://www.ffvfbroward.org/PDF/Mayor%2BBio.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
During his tenure as a mayor, the revitalization of the beach area and Las Olas Boulevard occurred, Riverwalk was created, the Museum of Discovery and Science was opened as was the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and he takes credit for changing Fort Lauderdale tourist mix from Spring Break college students to families.<ref name=sunsentinelendorse>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimnaugle.com/endorsement.html|title=Return Naugle And Katz, Elect Albee|date=February 2003|publisher=Jim Naugle website, originally printed from the Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=2007-06-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711190012/http://www.jimnaugle.com/endorsement.html|archive-date=2007-07-11}}</ref> He is well known for several controversies with gays, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel''.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/>
==Biography==
===Early life and career=== Jim Naugle was born in Fort Lauderdale<ref name=MayorBio/> in 1954.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> Son of a paint retailer, he studied in a Lutheran school in his early years. His mother was a member of Phi Mu, a national women's fraternity. Naugle presented Phi Mu with a key to the city in 2000, when they held their National Convention there.
Naugle asserts that his first business experiences were selling fruitcakes for the Cub Scouts and working after school with his father. Naugle said that his first political experience was as campaign manager for Barry Goldwater while studying at Peters Elementary during the 1964 presidential race, "cutting elephants and things like that".<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/>
His favorite hobby when a teenager was kart racing, having participated in national competitions. He worked as a painter while attending Stranahan High School. When he went to Broward Community College, he completed a real estate course in 1974 and left the painting business he owned.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/>
Naugle obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University in 1975.<ref name=MayorBio/>
===Marriage and children=== Naugle has been married to Carol-Lisa Phillips (born 1963)<ref name=CarolAppointed>{{cite web|title=Governor Bush Appoints Carol-Lisa Phillips To The 17th Judicial Circuit|url=http://www.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/library/releases/2003/December/lisa-phillips-12-12-03.html|accessdate=2007-06-26|date=December 12, 2003}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> since 1993<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> and has one daughter, Rachel Elizabeth (born 1998).<ref name=daughterborn>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DA412F8E99E4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=His Honor Gets A Tax Deduction Lauderdale Mayor Naugle Welcomes New Daughter|author=Johnny Diaz|page=3br|newspaper=Miami Herald|accessdate=2007-06-26|date=1998-05-23}}</ref> Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips was appointed to the 17th Judicial Circuit, which serves Broward County, in 2003.
==Political career== Jim Naugle started in politics as a member of Fort Lauderdale city boards in 1976. Elected city commissioner in 1985, he ran for city mayor and was elected in 1991.<ref name=MayorBio/>
Fort Lauderdale has a Commission-Manager form of government. City policy is set by a city commission of five elected members: the mayor and four district commission members. The mayor of Fort Lauderdale serves a three-year term and cannot serve more than three consecutive terms.<ref name=municode>{{cite web |url=http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=10787&sid=9 |title=Fort Lauderdale Municipal Code Sec. 3.02. Creation, composition and term of commission |publisher=Municipal Code Corporation |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Naugle's first three terms were not affected by the municipal code, which was amended in 1998; the limitation went into effect in March 2000. Administrative functions are performed by a city manager, who is appointed by the city commission.
During his tenure as a mayor, the revitalization of the beach area and Las Olas Boulevard occurred, Riverwalk was created, the Museum of Discovery and Science was opened as was the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and he takes credit for changing Fort Lauderdale tourist mix from Spring Break college students to families.<ref name="sunsentinelendorse"/> thumb|Jim Naugle meeting with his aides in 2004
==Political views== Naugle has been a registered Democrat since he was 18,<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> but he frequently supports Republican candidates.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> 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.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> Described as a "renegade Democrat" by ''The Washington Post'',<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> he said in 2000 that he votes for the candidate, not just the party. He contributed $1,000 to Fred Thompson in the 2008 Republican Presidential primary race. 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 do "some soul-searching" if he ran for other offices.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> He qualifies himself as very conservative and willing to limit government.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/>
==Controversy== Naugle has said that the American Civil Liberties Union acronym ACLU means "Atheists and Criminal Lobbying Union"<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/> 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."<ref name=coverstory>{{cite news |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|author=City Link Staff|url=http://www.southflorida.com/sfe-cl-050907cover,0,6818724.story |title=20 reasons South Florida doesn't suck |date=May 9, 2007 |accessdate=2007-06-26}}</ref> He has noted his working relationship with gay-rights activist Robin Bodiford as an example of his tolerance of differing viewpoints. Comments Naugle made about alleged use of a planned $250,000 robotic toilet in Fort Lauderdale's beach to prevent sexual encounters between men caused protests from the local community.<ref name=toiletprotest>{{cite web |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-79naugletoilet,0,105095.story?track=rss |title=Gay toilet paper protest targets Lauderdale mayor's robo-john comments |publisher=Associated Press/Sun-Sentinel |date=July 9, 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710000000/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-79naugletoilet,0,105095.story?track=rss |archive-date=July 10, 2007 }} [http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=35260 Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233537/http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=35260 |date=2015-09-23 }}</ref>
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 what he perceives as a majority of gay people 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.<ref name=RainbowSentinel>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2006/04/the_rainbow_sentinel.php |title=The Rainbow Sentinel? |author=Bob Norman |publisher=New Times |accessdate=2007-06-26 |date=April 26, 2006}}</ref>
Naugle denounced the LGBT Stonewall Library & Archives in 2007, because it contained pornographic materials.<ref name=herald>{{cite news |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/166965.html |title=Mayor takes new jab at gays as library is OK'd |author=Martinez, Ani |newspaper=The Miami Herald |date=11 July 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Executive Director Jack Rutland noted that the three titles singled out by Naugle were all part of the library's non-circulating archive of 7000 titles, maintained for historical and research purposes only.<ref name=advocate>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid47327.asp |title=Naugle notwithstanding, Fort Lauderdale to get new LGBT library |author=Wilcox, Barbara |magazine=The Advocate |date=12 July 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref> On July 10, 2007, the Fort Lauderdale city commission voted to allow the library to occupy a space in a building that is city-owned, but under long-term lease to Broward county.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmayocol19nbjul19,0,2663209.column |title=Fort Lauderdale mayor turning into his own worst enemy |author=Michael Mayo |date=July 19, 2007 |accessdate=2007-08-21 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821135828/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmayocol19nbjul19%2C0%2C2663209.column |archive-date=August 21, 2007 }}</ref> On August 28, 2007 the Broward (County) Tourism Development Council expelled Naugle due to his controversial remarks against the gay community.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_242082552.html |title=NAACP Call Mayor's Remarks Against Gay Hateful |publisher=CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |date=August 30, 2007 |accessdate=2007-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192626/http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_242082552.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Estimates indicate that gay visitors pump approximately $1 billion in revenue into Broward County annually.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}
Naugle suggested that Bill Clinton should be investigated for raping Monica Lewinsky.<ref name=DailyPulpPolInc/>
==See also== *List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale *1991 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election *1994 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election *1997 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election *2000 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election *2003 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election *2006 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070711185532/http://www.jimnaugle.com/ Jim Naugle's Official Website]
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