Tim Smith, 46 years old, was born in Clinton, Maryland, a small town just outside the District of Colombia. The town was originally named Surrattsville, named after Mary Suratt, implicated in the Lincoln assasination (she was later vindicated - after they hung her ...oops!). Tim has two older brothers and a younger sister, Susan (special assistant to the Governor of Maryland). Tim went to college at Towson State Unniversity 1974-1978, studying business.

After arriving in Fort Lauderdale in 1979, Tim met his future wife Cindy (they've now been together for 24 years). They added to their family 10 years later with the addition of their pride and joy, Timmy (no junior), now a seventh grader at Sunrise Middle School.

Tim and Cindy are self-employed entrepreneurs. They have owned a landscaping firm (T.L.C.'s Greenery) for 21 years as well as numerous pieces of rental real estate throughout District II. They also were the original owners of the downtown delicatessan Delicious Deliveries (now gone).

Tim's political career was born out of his passion in fixing neighborhood problems. Tim organized and started three neighborhood organizations in District II. They include Middle River Terrace, Flagler Heights, and Progresso International (recently annexed by Middle River Terrace.) Encouraged by successes in eradicating blight and crime in those neighborhoods, Tim decided to try for the big enchilada, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission. To his complete amazement, he won ... Tim says he'll work tirelessly to rid District II of crime, bring redevelopment to those areas in need, and continue to protect the beach and near beach neighborhoods from over-development.