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January 1, 2016
No. 16-1
Your Vote-By-Mail Ballot Will Be In

Your Mailbox In Less Than 6 Weeks.
Are You Ready?
(see pages 7 and 10-16)
If You Sat Home
Reading on a phone?
Do it this way.
If you sat home in 2010, you elected a Republican

Majority in the House of Representatives.
Election Day
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016,

many Floridians are planning to vote for their choice If you sat home in 2010, you elected a Republican
Florida Senate and House.
for President.
But is that all theyre planning to do?

What About The Rest Of The Ballot? Some Governor who has been described as the worst
figure its a waste of time since they believe theres no Florida Governor ever.
difference between the Democratic and Republican
parties.
Attorney General.
Some figure its not worth thinking about who will represent them as:
U. S. Senator
U. S. Representative
Supreme Court Justice
State Senator
State Representative
Board of County Commissioners
School Board Members
Florida Justices
Municipal Commission Members
Supervisor of Elections
Clerk and Comptroller
State Attorney
Public Defender
Property Appraiser
Tax Collector
Sheriff
Some say, Vote the top and forget the rest.
They couldnt be
more wrong!
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[Continued on page 3, SAT HOME]
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TALKING POINTS
Sharp Contrast
1. Would you like suggestions for what to say

when you meet people?
Good morning. Are you registered to vote?
Good morning. Have you requested a mail
ballot?
Hello. Have you received your mail ballot yet?
Hi. Do you know who youre going to
choose for County Commissioner?
Hi. Are you prepared to vote for all choices
on your ballot?
2. The Republicans are in the way.
3. Non-voting Democrats are in the way.
4. Corporate media doesnt really educate people
in this country.
5. Where are all of the small business-owning
millionaire job-creators? (see page 3)
6. U.S. is world leader in incarcerations and
health care costs (see page 5)
7. The TransPacific Partnership (TPP) is a
disaster for Americans. (see page 8)
8. Presidential primaries are coming up on
March 15th. Is your city holding a municipal
election as well? See our municipal election
road-map. (see pages 7 and 10-16)
9. Liberal media? Hahaha. (see page 5)
10. Republicans use language to mislead you.
(see page 9)
December 19ths Democratic

presidential primary debate
was striking. It was all about
substance and logic in
sharp contrast to Republican
debates that have been all
name-calling and posturing.
There's No Lack Of Experts
In Republican Politics.
But in their world, you don't need fancy diplomas
or peer-reviewed studies, so-called "credentials"
of any sort; they graduated from Heart State with
a Masters from the University of Gut. Ben Carson,
for example, studied medicine at Yale, but they
probably don't offer classes on Egyptian grain silos, the mysterious properties of gravity, or just
how easy it is to fly a plane into a building. He figured that stuff out on his own.
The GOP are, in fact, experts in their given field:
Ignorance. Brad Woodhouse, Americans United for
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NPR Tries to Track Down Those

Millionaire Job Creators
[SAT HOME, continued from page 1]
If you sat home in 2014, you elected:

a Republican Chief Financial Officer.
a Republican Agriculture Commissioner.
a Republican State Senator
a Republican State Representative
a Republican County Commissioner
Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
In the debate over the payroll tax cut, Democrats

want to pay for extending the tax break with a
surtax on the wealthy. Republicans claimusually
without being challenged by reportersthat a
surtax on millionaires would be an attack on jobcreating small-business owners.
You guaranteed that:

Guns would be sure to remain uncontrolled,
140,000 Floridians would not be able to afford health care because the Republicans refused to extend Medicaid because they didnt
like President Obama,
Prisoners returning from jail into society
would not be able to vote, or get a job,
Women would continue as second class citizensnot being able to earn equal pay for
equal work with respect to men,
Women would not be able to get routine
healthcare,
you guaranteed . . .
So NPR decided to go to GOP officials and ask

to speak with these small-business-owning,
millionaire job-creators. Turned out there was
trouble finding any:
We wanted to talk to business owners who would
be affected. So NPR requested help from numerous
Republican congressional offices, including House
and Senate leadership. They were unable to
produce a single millionaire job creator for us to
interview.
So we went to the business groups that have been
lobbying against the surtax. Again, three days after
putting in a request, none of them was able to find
someone for us to talk to.
For the past 40 years, Democrats and Independents have allowed Republicans to create an oligarchy of the top 167 families in America. These
ultra wealthy .1% have no care for you or for me.
They only care for their bottom line.
They did find a few wealthy business owners

willing to talkand they said their personal tax
rate wasn't a factor in their hiring decisions.
Imagine if journalists did this kind of thing all the
time? ###
BIGGEST 2014 LOSER:

FLORIDAS PEOPLE
The citizens of this state emerged from the 2014
election as the biggest losers. Subjected to a barrage
of negative attack ads and half truths from both
sides during the campaign, people disengaged and
the results ended up being a rubber-stamp for the
anti-consumer agenda.
Florida wont be addressing:
Climate Change
Building High Speed Rail
Enacting A Living Wage
The Antidote The antidote to the Oligarchs is
Protecting The Rights Of Women And Migetting more Democratic and Progressive voters
norities Aggressively
to turn out at elections.
Expanding Access To Health Care In The
The antidote is your vote.
Near Future.
Unprecedented money.
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who would be responsible for separate drinking fountains for blacks and whites,
who would be responsible for lynching,
who would be responsible for refusing the
womens vote for 100 years,
who would be responsible for blocking voters
from voting if they might vote for Democrats,
yy who would be responsible for refusing healthcare to women,
who would be responsible for allowing Republican politicians to consistently lie and get
away with it,
who would not care that Americans who work full
time and still live in poverty,
who would be responsible for allowing 167
Americans to tell the other 319,000,000 of
us how to live our lives,
who would . . .
Oh yes, Mr. Murdoch, America is Indispensable!
Were a great example for the world! What are your
plans to make America a better place to live in?
###
Oh Yes, Mr. Murdoch, America Is

Indispensable.
[Rupert Murdoch is the executive chairman of News Corp.
Here is an excerpt from his remarks at a Nov. 30 dinner
where he received the Hudson Institutes Global Leadership
Award. He was introduced by Henry Kissinger.
For America to be embarrassed by its exceptionalism is itself exceptional and absolutely unacceptable. In his great book World Order, Henry
[Kissinger] writes: The affirmation of Americas
exceptional nature must be sustained. He continues: As the modern worlds decisive articulation of
the human quest for freedom and an indispensable
geopolitical force for the vindication of humane
values, America must retain its sense of direction.
We are all often struck by the exceptional qualities
of America and by the exceptional and selfless influence America has exercised on the world.
Henry rightly said we should tell the truth about
our country, and I would challenge all not to let untruths proliferate.
We are here not to apologize for America, but to
celebrate America. We are here to reflect upon the
world as it might have been without America, a
much, much lesser world.]
Trump-81; Sanders-1
I've always been interested in media and have always been concerned that corporate media doesn't
really educate people in this country. They refuse
to talk about the serious issues facing our country.
Thats why I wasnt surprised the other day when
I saw this headline: Report: ABC World News
Tonight Has Devoted 81 Minutes To Trump, One
Minute To Sanders. ed.
Oh Yes, Mr. Murdoch, America Is

Indispensable.
Without us,
who would be responsible for slavery,
who would be responsible for No Irish need

apply,
who would be responsible for No Jews allowed,
If you are a registered Florida Voter
who would be responsible for No Muslims

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who would be responsible for the domestic terrorism that exists in America because
were too intimidated by the NRA and the Republicans who glorify battle and extremism,
who would be responsible for turning the other cheek when 30,000 Americans are killed
by guns every year,
who would be responsible for 355 mass shootings every year,
who would be responsible for Jim Crow,
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15 Things Everyone Would Know

If There Were A Liberal Media
Total amount of GDP spent on health care is also the

highest of any country in the world at 17.6 percent.
The next closest country is the Netherlands at 12%.
by akadjian. Promoted from diaries by Susan Gardner.
Part 2
As a liberal, Id like to ask why the market isnt

bringing down costs. Id think a liberal media
might too.
[continued from Things 1-3 in the December 2015 issue]
Things 4 - 7.
4. The number of people in prison.
7. Glass-Steagall.
Which country in the world has the most people in

prison?
Glass-Steagall separated risky financial investments

from government backed deposits for 66 years.
The idea is simple. Banks were prohibited from
using your federally insured savings to make risky
investments.
You might think it would be China (with 1+ billion

people and a restrictive government) or former
Soviets still imprisoned in Russia.
Why is this a good idea?
Wrong. The United States has the most people in

prison by far of any country in the world. With
5% of the worlds population, we have 25% of the
worlds prisoners 2.3 million criminals. China
with a population 4 times our size is second with
1.6 million people in prison.
Risky investments should be risky. If banks can use

federally insured funds, there is no risk to them. If
they win, they win. If they lose, we cover the cost.
Elizabeth Warren does a great job explaining this
to the liberal news desk at CNBC:
[Look for Things 8-11 in February.]
In 1972, 350,000 Americans were in imprisoned.

In 2010, this number had grown to 2.3 million. Yet
from 1988 - 2008, crime rates have declined by
25%.
Isnt anyone in the liberal media interested in
why so many people are in prison when crime has
dropped?
5. The number of black people in prison.
The Liberal Media Ignores Conservative Guests
In 2009, non-Hispanic blacks, while only 13.6%

of the population, accounted for 39.4% of the total
prison and jail population.
Woody Guthrie sez:
In 2011, according to FBI statistics, whites

accounted for 69.2% of arrests.
Numbers like these suggest a racial bias in our
justice system.
To me, this is a much bigger story than any single
incident like Travyon Martin. Or, at the very least,
why didnt the liberal media ever mention this
while covering the Martin story?
6. U.S. health care costs are the

highest in the world.
The expenditure per person in the U.S. is $8,233.
Norway is second with $5,388.
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Woody Guthrie
Did You Know . . .
Majority -- The last time the

Republicans did not have a majority
in the Florida House and Senate was
in 1996!
Florida Registration:
yy 4,578,616 registered Democrats (38%) .
yy 4,120,754 registered Republicans (35%)
yy 2,89,308 No Party Affiliation (24%) and
yy 345,050 Other (3%).
The Last Democratic Governor of

Florida's term ended in 1999.
Do you know . . .
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Weve all heard at one time

or another the cost of what a
Mom does if her work were to
be outsourced.
Its now $120,000 if she
outsourced the housekeeping,
the cooking, the event planning
and all the rest that goes into
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10
Critical Problems
With The
TPP
[The TransPacific Partnership Agreement

(TPP) is an agreement designed to
benefit the oligarchs in the world. People
are left out. Shortly, a vote is scheduled
to be taken in the United States House
and Senate to allow or not to allow the
agreement to proceed.
For those of us who are not following the
controversy, here are 10 problems with
the present proposed legislation. ed.]
1.
The TPP Allows Currency Manipulating Countries To Kill U.S. Jobs.

The current TPP text doesnt contain enforceable
currency manipulation rules. Countries that intentionally devalue their currency cheat U.S. manufacturers and undermine any benefits from tariff reductions. Enforcing currency manipulation
rules is probably the single most effective thing
the United States could do to create jobs; in fact,
doing so could add as many as 5.8 million jobs.
2.
The TPP Lets Foreign Corporations

Bypass U.S. Law. The current TPP text
allows multinational companies to challenge U.S.
laws, regulations and safeguards through a provision called investor-to-state dispute settlement
(ISDS), a private justice system that undermines
our democracy. Through ISDS, foreign investors
can seek compensation from the United States for
enforcing regulations and safeguards designed to
protect Americas working families. In fact, multinational companies currently are using ISDS to
attack democratic policies and laws in Australia,
Canada, Egypt, Peru and Uruguay, among many
others.
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3.
The TPP allows climate change to

go unchecked. The current TPP text
doesnt contain any enforceable climate change
commitments or border fees to offset the cost
of environment-damaging imports. This undermines our efforts to address climate change and
jeopardizes the important U.S.-China bilateral
agreement on climate change and clean energy.
It does nothing to discourage U.S. manufacturers
from moving their factories to TPP countries with
weak climate regulations. This damages both U.S.
jobs and our efforts to address climate change.
4.
The TPP doesnt strengthen international labor rights protections.

There are extensive, well-documented labor
problems in at least four TPP countries (Mexico,
Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia), but the administration has not committed to requiring all countries to be in full compliance with international
labor standards before they get benefits under the
agreement. Worker rights obligations have never been fully enforced under existing free trade
agreements, which have provided too much discretion for worker complaints to be delayed for
years or indefinitely (e.g., Honduras, Guatemala).
A progressive TPP would eliminate this shortcoming, not repeat it. Given that no administration
has ever self-initiated labor enforcement under a
free trade agreement, any promise to strongly enforce the TPP should be met with skepticism.
5.
The TPP could allow public services

to be permanently outsourced. Public services such as sanitation, transit and utilities
should be carved out of trade dealsbut the TPP
puts them at risk. The current TPP text does not
ensure that governments can pull out of wasteful and failing public service privatization efforts
without shelling out taxpayer dollars or otherwise
compensating foreign firms or trading partners.
These critical flaws make the TPP a bad deal for
Americas working people.
[Continued on page 9, TPP]
6.
[TPP. continued from page 8]
The TPP allows foreign state-owned

enterprises to continue to undermine small business. The current TPP text
doesnt adequately protect small businesses from
the predatory tactics of foreign state-owned and
state-subsidized companies. Often, these enterprises benefit from government support and drive
their American competitors out of business or put
pressure on our companies to ship American jobs
overseas. While the TPP contains some limited
provisions to address state-owned enterprises,
its not clear it would level the playing field and
provide the fast action small firms need to stay in
business when faced with unfair competition.
7.
The TPPs weak rules of origin benefit China and other non-TPP countries. The rules of origin in the current TPP text
are weak and allow China and other nonparticipating countries to reap the agreements benefits
without having to follow its rules. In fact, the TPPs
auto content requirement allows the majority of
the auto content to be Chinese and manufactured
outside the trade agreements rules. This has the
effect of promoting jobs in China while destroying
U.S. auto supply-chain jobs.
10.
The TPP makes affordable medicines harder to find. Quality, affordable and accessible health care is a human right
and trade policy should not interfere with public
health care choices, nor should it threaten public
health. Unfortunately, the current TPP text threatens access to affordable medicines by including
new monopoly rights for pharmaceutical companiesdelaying competition by affordable genericsand allowing companies more opportunities
to interfere with government cost-saving efforts.
We need a trade agreement that works for Americas working families. AFL-CIO
Six Ways Republicans Use

Language To Frame The Issues
1.
Simplify the message
It is vital to use everyday terms. Remember, if it

cant be printed on a bumper sticker it wont
work. Approach the frame as if you were talking
in 15-second media sound-bites. Here are some
effective Republican frames:
Government take-over
The TPP takes America out of Buy
The government option
American. The current TPP text will
No child left behind
require the U.S. government to treat Vietnamese,
Pro life
Malaysian and other TPP firms exactly the same
Death tax
as U.S. firms for many purchasing decisionseven
Tax relief
when Buy American rules apply. This will send
Judicial activists
U.S. taxpayer dollars overseas and undermine U.S.
Free trade
job creation efforts. The TPP also could mean gov Free market
ernment purchasing contracts might not be able
Partial-birth abortion
to include low carbon, clean hands, living wage
[ed. - Look for Ways 2 - 5 in the next issues.]
or other responsibility requirements in their bids.
8.
9.
The TPP gives global banks even

more power. The current TPP text
could make it even harder for countries facing an
economic crisis to stabilize their economies. Not
only can large international banks still sue countries in crisis using the prudential exception, the
TPP expands the rights of international banks to
use ISDS to challenge bank regulations in front of
private tribunals. Giving global banks more power makes another global financial meltdown more
likely, not less.
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administration/City_Clerk_Staff.htm
City Council District II:

Peter Noble, Incumbent (R)
Toni Willey, Challenger (D)
City Council District III:
Judy Dugo, Incumbent (R)
Bert Molow, Challenger (D)
City Council District IV:
Jonathan Pearce, Incumbent (D)
Anderson Thelsume, Challenger
(NP)
TOWN OF GULF STREAM

100 Sea Road
Gulf Stream, FL 33483
ph: (561) 276-5116
fax: (561) 737-0188
Rita Taylor; 276-5116; 737-0188F

rtaylor@gulf-stream.org;
City Clerk Web address: none
No 2016 election
TOWN OF HAVERHILL
4585 Charlotte Street
Haverhill, FL 33417
ph: (561) 689-0370
fax: (561) 689-4317
Janice C. Rutan, MMC, Town Administrator

ph: (561) 689-0370 ext 24
email: jrutan@townofhaverhill-fl.gov
web; : http://www.townofhaverhill-fl.gov/
town_clerk.htm
No 2016 election
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH

3614 South Ocean Boulevard
Highland Beach, FL 33487
ph: (561) 278-4548
fax: (561) 265-3582
Valerie Oakes, CMC

ph: (561) 278-4548
email: voakes@ci.highland-beach.fl.us
web; : http://www.ci.highland-beach.fl.us/
index.aspx?nid=79
No 2016 election
TOWN OF HYPOLUXO
7580 South Federal Highway
Hypoluxo, FL 33462-6034
ph: (561) 582-0155
fax: (561) 582-0703
Barbara Lee Searls

ph: (561) 582-0155
email: hypoluxo@hypoluxo.org
web: http://www.hypoluxo.org/256539.html
No 2016 election
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TOWN OF JUNO BEACH

340 Ocean Drive
Juno Beach, FL 33408
ph: (561) 626-1122
fax: (561) 775-0812
Vanessa M. Mutchnik, MMC

ph: (561) 656-0316
email: vmutchnik@juno-beach.fl.us
No 2016 election
TOWN OF JUPITER
210 Military Trail
Jupiter, FL 33458-5784
ph: (561) 746-5134
fax: (561) 575-9730
Boylan, Sally
ph: (561) 741-2352
email: SallyB@jupiter.fl.us
web; : http://www.jupiter.fl.us/Government/
TownClerksOffice/index.cfm
Mayor (3-year term)

First District Seat (3-year term)
First District Seat (1-year term)
Second District Seat (3-year term)
Second District Seat (1-year term)
TOWN OF JUPITER INLET

COLONY
One Colony Road
P. O. Box 728
Jupiter, FL 33468-0728
ph: (561) 746-3787
fax: (561) 746-1068
Jude M Goudreau
ph: (561) 746-3787
email: kuperm@jupiterinletcolony.org
web; : http://jupiterinletcolony.org/
Administration_Staff.html
No 2016 election
TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE

SHORES
1701 Barbados Road
Lake Clarke Shores, FL 33406
ph: (561) 964-1515
fax: (561) 964-0685
Mary Pinkerman
ph: (561) 964-1515 ext 10
email: mpinkerman@lakeclarke.org
web; : http://www.townoflakeclarkeshores.
com/profile/mary-pinkerman
Council Member Group 3

TOWN OF LAKE PARK

535 Park Avenue
Lake Park, FL 33403
ph: (561) 881-3300
fax: (561) 881-3314
Vivian Mendez, CMC

ph: 561-881-3311
email: townclerk@lakeparkflorida.gov
web; : http://www.lakeparkflorida.gov/
content/town-clerk
Town Commissioner:
Erin Flaherty (NP)
Kimberly Glas-Castro (R)
Charles Chuck Hallden (R)
Anne Lynch (D)
Michael ORourke (R)
CITY OF LAKE WORTH

7 North Dixie Highway
Lake Worth, FL 33460-3787
ph: (561) 586-1600
fax: (561) 586-1798
Pamela Lopez
ph: 561-586-1662
email: plopez@lakeworth.org
web; : http://www.lakeworth.org/index.
asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A5EB428764F2-4418-A08C-34BF07749016}
Mayor:
Pam Triolo (R)
Gary L. Antieau (R)
Diane Jacques (D)
Commissioner District 1:
Scott Maxwell (R)
Ryan Hartman (NP)
Andy Amoroso (D)
Frank McAlonan (NP)
TOWN OF LANTANA
500 Greynolds Circle
Lantana, FL 33462
ph: (561) 540-5000
fax: (561) 540-5011
Crystal Gibson (position might be open)

ph: (561) 540-5016
email: cgibson@lantana.org
web; : http://www.lantana.org/page.
asp?PageId=588
Council Member Group 2:

Anthony Arsali (NP)
Malcolm Balfour (R)
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City Council:
Tom DiSarno (R), Incumbent
(Unopposed)
Chip Block (D), Incumbent
(Unopposed)
TOWN OF LOXAHATCHEE
GROVES
155 F Road
Virginia Walton
ph: (561) 793-2418
email: vwalton@loxahatcheegrovesfl.gov
City Council Seat 2

City Council Seat 4
Loxahatchee Groves, FL 33470

ph: (561) 793-2418
fax: (561) 793-2420
Web: http://www.loxahatcheegroves.org/
index.php?go=pages.page&pageId=3
TOWN OF MANALAPAN
Manalapan, FL 33462-3398
ph: (561) 585-9477
fax: (561) 585-9498
Lisa Petersen
ph: 561-383-2541
email: lpetersen@manalapan.org
web: http://www.manalapan.org/index.
aspx?nid=157
No 2016 election
TOWN OF MANGONIA PARK

1755 E. Tiffany Drive
Mangonia Park, FL 33407
ph: (561) 848-1235
fax: (561) 848-6940
Sherry Albury
561-848-1235
info@townofmangoniapark.com
http://www.townofmangoniapark.com/
contactus.html
No 2016 election
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM

BEACH
501 U.S. Highway #1
North Palm Beach, FL 334084906
ph: (561) 841-3355
fax: (561) 881-7469
Melissa Teal (Tammy)

ph: 561-841-3355
email: npbclerk@village-npb.org
web; : http://www.village-npb.org/
No 2016 election
TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE

6450 North Ocean Boulevard
Ocean Ridge, FL 33435
ph: (561) 738-6735
fax: (561)
Karen Hancsak
ph: 561-738-6735
email: khancsak@oceanridgeflorida.com
web; : http://www.oceanridgeflorida.com/
TownOfficials.htm
Positions:
Council Seat (1-year term):
Lynn Allison, Incumbent (NP)
Steve Coz, Challenger (R)
CITY OF PAHOKEE
207 Begonia Drive
Pahokee, FL 33476
ph: (561) 924-5534
fax: (561) 924-8140
Tijuana Warner (561) 924-5534 x 23

CITYCLERK@cityofpahokee.com http://
www.cityofpahokee.com/City%20Clerk/
City%20Clerk.htm
Mayor
Commissioner Group 1
Commissioner Group 2
TOWN OF PALM BEACH

P.O. Box 2029
360 South County Road
Palm Beach, FL 33480
ph: (561) 838-5400
fax: (561) 838-5411
Susan A. Owens, MPA

ph: (561) 838-5416
email: sowens@townofpalmbeach.com
townclerk@townofpalmbeach.com
web; : http://palmbeach.govoffice.com/index.
asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A5B0DC7C7C7F-482E-A916-A002A8B376D1}
No 2016 election
Richard M. Kleid, Incumbent (RUnopposed)
Penelope D. Townsend, Incumbent
(NP- Unopposed)
Council Member Group 3: Robert
N. Wildrick, Incumbent (RUnopposed)
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CITY OF PALM BEACH

GARDENS 10500 North Military
Trail
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
ph: (561) 799-4100
fax: (561) 799-4111
Patricia Snider, CMC

ph: 561.799.4122
email: psnider@pbgfl.com
web; : http://www.pbgfl.com/content/72/124/
default.aspx

Maria G. Marino (R)
Takeata King Pang (D)
Kevin Easton (R)
David J. Levy (D)
Carl W. Woods (NP)
TOWN OF PALM BEACH

SHORES
247 Edwards Lane
Palm Beach Shores, FL 33404
ph: (561) 844-3457
fax: (561) 863-1350
Evyonne Browning
561-844-3457
ebrowning@pbstownhall.org
www.palmbeachshoresfl.us
Qualification Period:
Positions:
Mayor:
Myra Koutzen (D- current Vice
Mayor)
Thomas R. (Tom) Mills (R- former
Mayor)
Election Date: March 15, 2016
VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS

226 Cypress Lane
Palm Springs, FL 33461-1699
ph: (561) 965-4010
fax: (561) 965-0899
Jane R Worth, CMC (interim VC)

ph: (561) 965-4010
email: jworth@vpsfl.org
web; : http://www.vpsfl.org/clerk.htm
No 2016 election
CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH

600 West Blue Heron Boulevard
Riviera Beach, FL 33404
ph: (561) 845-4010
fax: (561) 840-3353
Claudine L Anthony, CMC

561-845-4090
crobinson@rivierabch.com
www.rivierabch.com/cityclerk.asp
Qualification Period: Nov 24- Dec

8
All candidates ran unopposed
Positions:
Mayor
City Council District 1
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VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM

BEACH
1050 Royal Palm Beach
Boulevard
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411
ph: (561) 790-5100
fax: (561) 790-5174
Diane DiSanto
561-790-5100
ddisanto@royalpalmbeach.com
www.royalpalmbeach.com/index.
aspx?nid=99
Positions:
Mayor:
Fred Pinto (D)
Martha Webster (R)
Council Group1:
Jeff Hmara (D)
Lenore White (R)
Council Group 3:
Selena Smith (R)
Richard Valuntas (NP)
CITY OF SOUTH BAY

335 S.W. 2nd Avenue
South Bay, FL 33493
ph: (561) 996-6751
fax: (561) 996-7950
Jessica Figueroa
ph: (561) 996-6751 ext 19
email: figueroa@southbaycity.com
web; : http://www.southbaycity.com/Public_
Documents/SouthBayFL_Clerk/index
No 2016 election
TOWN OF SOUTH PALM

BEACH
South Palm Beach, FL 33480
ph: (561) 588-8889
fax: (561) 588-6632
Yudy Alvarez, C.M.C.

ph: 561-588-8889
email: jalvarez@southpalmbeach.com
web: http://www.southpalmbeach.
com/1035866.html
Qualification Period: Dec1-Dec15
Positions:
Council Seat
Council Seat

VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
P.O. Box 3273
345 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, FL 33469
ph: (561) 768-0700
fax:
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Lori McWilliams, MMC

(561) 768-0443
lmcwilliams@tequesta.org
www.tequesta.org/index.aspx?nid=89
15
No 2016 election
All candidates ran unopposed
VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON
14000 Greenbriar Boulevard
Wellington, FL 33414
ph: (561) 791-4000
fax: (561) 791-4045
Awilda Rodriguez (Tamika Rogers)

ph: 561-791-4000
email: arodriguez@wellingtonfl.gov
web; : http://www.wellingtonfl.gov/
departments/clerk.html
Qualification period:
Positions:
Mayor
Council Seat
Council Seat
Council Seat
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH

401 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
ph: (561) 822-1400
fax: (561) 822-1424
Hazeline Carson ??
ph: (561) 822-2222
email: cityclerk@wpb.org
web; : http://wpb.org/clerk/
Website for candidate & referendum
information:
http://wpb.org/clerk/election-information/
Positions:
Sylvia S. Moffett (D- Incumbent)
Martina Walker (D)
Ricky J. Aiken (R)
Paula J. Ryan, Incumbent (DUnopposed)
Sharon Shanon Materio,
Incumbent (D- Unopposed)
The following referendum question

will appear on the ballot:
Shall the City Commission of
the City of West Palm Beach,
Florida be authorized to grant,
pursuant to s.3, Art. VII of the
State Constitution, property tax
exemptions to new businesses and
expansions of existing businesses
that are expected to create new,
full-time jobs in the city?
Yes- For authority to grant
exemptions.
No- Against authority to grant
exemptions.
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