16 Facts About Jim Naugle

James T Naugle was born on 1954 and is an American real estate broker who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Jim Naugle is well known for several controversies with gays, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Jim Naugle's mother was a member of Phi Mu, a national women's fraternity.

Jim Naugle presented Phi Mu with a key to the city in 2000, when they held their National Convention there.

Jim Naugle asserts that his first business experiences were selling fruitcakes for the Cub Scouts and working after school with his father.

Jim 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".

Jim Naugle worked as a painter while attending Stranahan High School.

Jim Naugle obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University in 1975.

Jim Naugle started in politics as a member of Fort Lauderdale city boards in 1976.

Jim Naugle has been a registered Democrat since he was 18, but he frequently supports Republican candidates.

Jim Naugle co-chaired George W Bush's Presidential campaign in 2000 and Jeb Bush's bid for governor in 1998.

Jim Naugle contributed $1,000 to Fred Thompson in the 2008 Republican Presidential primary race.

Jim 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".

Jim Naugle 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.

Executive Director Jack Rutland noted that the three titles singled out by Jim Naugle were all part of the library's non-circulating archive of 7000 titles, maintained for historical and research purposes only.

Jim Naugle suggested that Bill Clinton should be investigated for raping Monica Lewinsky.