Background
He grew up in Massapequa and Portuguese Washington, New York before moving to South Florida in 1972.
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John Bond
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Education
Paul Doctorate. Schreiber Public High School, 1972
Bachelor, (Anthropology) University of Miami, 1975
Juris Doctor University of Miami School of Law, 1978
Certification in Data Processing, Prospect Hall College, 1981
Certification, Spanish Language, Universidad Internacional, 1983
American Film Institute Screenwriting Program, 1996
Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing) Florida International University, 2001.
Career
He currently resides between Dania Beach, Florida and Andros Island, the Bahamas. From February, 1992-July, 2010 Bond co-authored with his collaborator and co-author Roy Cooke, a poker column, Real Poker, for Card Player Magazine. lieutenant is the longest continuously running poker feature in the world.
Bond was the developer of Atlantis the Water Kingdom which became the Six Flags Atlantis water theme park in Hollywood Florida from 1979-1983.
Bond worked in the late 1970s for National Projects, owned by Miami lobbyist Stephen Paul Ross. He co-managed political campaigns for Nikki Beare for the Florida House of Representatives (1974), Elayne Weisburd the first woman elected to the Miami Beach City Commission (1977) and civil rights pioneer Reverend Theodore Gibson the first African-American elected to the Miami City Commission (re-election campaign, 1977).
Bond was Vice President of Dade County Young Democrats (1977). Bond ran unsuccessfully for the Florida House of Representatives (1980) and Hollywood City Commission (1982) On the Glenn campaign he worked closely with Glenn’s wife Annie Glenn and Bond’s Fort Lauderdale neighbor, Apollo astronaut Donn Eisele.
Together Bond and Eisele raised almost a quarter million dollars for Glenn.
Bond was one of the first Florida attorneys Board-certified in Real Property law. He served on the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Realtors (1989-1993) and was the South Broward Board of Realtors Realtor of the Year (1992). Bond became a Professional Association of Diving Instructors (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Open Water Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array Instructor in 1983.
In the 1970s and 80s he served intermittently as a divemaster at Small Hope Bay Lodge the first dive resort in the Bahamas.
Bond is a United States Coast Guard licensed commercial boat captain.
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of the Broward County Democratic Executive Committee (1980-1982) and Vice President of the Hollywood (Florida) Democratic Club (1982). Bond was a member of the Finance Committee of the Steve Pajcic for Governor Campaign (1986) and John Glenn for President Campaign (1983-1984).
