Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Contributions for all St. Lucie County Candidates, 2012 First Quarter
Thank you to all my supporters, financial and in all other ways.
Mascara still leads all races in campaign contributions
By Laurie K. Blandford
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Sheriff Ken Mascara still tops the list of candidates across the county in terms of who has raised the most money for this year's election.
Mascara has raised more than $66,000, according to campaign finance reports due April 10 for the time period of Jan. 1 to March 31. Fort Pierce mayoral candidate Linda Hudson has raised the second highest amount at $52,095.
Candidates still must file with the county Supervisor of Elections office during the qualifying period of the first week in June. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 6. If needed, the primary would be Aug. 28.
All county campaign contributions can be found on the Supervisor of Elections' website. City campaign contributions can be viewed at each City Clerk's office.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 1
Robert J. Benton III
Total contributions: $2,175
Total expenditures: $973.52
Contributions this period: $2,175
Expenditures this period: $973.52
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Norchem Inc., chemical engineering business; $500 from Seaway Enterprises, real estate holding corporation; $250 from Daniel Deiulio, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority board; $100 from Charles Hayek, Fort Pierce planning board
Christopher Dzadovsky
Total contributions: $6,603.85
Total expenditures: $1,094.07
Contributions this period: $6,603.85
Expenditures this period: $1,094.07
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Big Apple Pizza; $500 from Teamsters Local Union No. 769; $500 from Waste Pro, solid waste and recycling collector; $100 from Joe Smith, St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Bill O'Dell
Total contributions: $1,865
Total expenditures: $519.32
Contributions this period: $1,865
Expenditures this period: $519.32
Noteworthy contributions: $200 from Joseph Miller, president of St. Lucie Battery and Tire; $100 from Keith Anderson, owner of Roy's Liquors & Fine Wines
ST. LUCIE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 3
Paula A. Lewis
Total contributions: $219.95
Total expenditures: $75.72
Contributions this period: $219.95
Expenditures this period: $75.72
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $50 from Malcom Rowand, retired
Debra L. Swanson
Total contributions: $549.53
Total expenditures: $247.65
Contributions this period: $549.53
Expenditures this period: $247.65
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: None
ST. LUCIE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 5
Patrick Campion
Total contributions: $500
Total expenditures: $253.46
Contributions this period: $500
Expenditures this period: $253.46
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $200 and $100 from Camille Meyer, customer service
John B. Culverhouse Jr.
No contributions or expenditures
Charles Grande
Total contributions: $750
Total expenditures: $49.99
Contributions this period: $750
Expenditures this period: $49.99
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $250 from David Dale, retired
Bobby L. Hopkins
No contributions or expenditures reported
Cushman "Chip" Shelton Radebaugh III
Total contributions: $1,868.16
Total expenditures: $1,040.67
Contributions this period: $1,868.16
Expenditures this period: $1,040.67
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $200 from Joseph Miller, president of St. Lucie Battery and Tire; $150 from Bill Knight, State Farm insurance agent; $150 from Peter Harrison, rancher; $100 from Ann Norvell, cattle rancher
Al Rivett
Total contributions: $3,325.76
Total expenditures: $840.48
Contributions this period: $3,325.76
Expenditures this period: $840.48
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $100 from Treasure Coast Chiropractic, business
ST. LUCIE COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Joseph E. Smith
Total contributions: $540.12
Total expenditures: $93.43
Contributions this period: $100
Expenditures this period: $85
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $100 from Kara Hilson, St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court deputy director of administration
ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF
Preston M. DiFrancesco
Total contributions: $251.33
Total expenditures: none
Contributions this period: $251.33
Expenditures this period: none
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: None
Ken J. Mascara
Total contributions: $66,196
Total expenditures: $1,689.75
Contributions this period: $9,650
Expenditures this period: $956.53
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Laborers Local 1652 of Pompano Beach; $500 Corizon Health Inc., medical care provider of Brentwood, Tenn.; $300 from Touchpay Holdings LP, of Irving, Texas
ST. LUCIE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER
Ken Pruitt
No contributions or expenditures
ST. LUCIE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR
Christopher Craft
Total contributions: $6,165
Total expenditures: $388.24
Contributions this period: $6,165
Expenditures this period: $388.24
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Wynne Building Corporations, construction company; $500 from Preston I. Perrone, Florida Inland Port project manager; $500 from Kennedy Groves Inc., citrus company; $500 from Waste Pro, solid waste and recycling collector; $500 from Brad Culverhouse, attorney; $500 from Robert M. Namoff, CEO of Allied Chemical; $300 from Southern Fruit Groves LLP, citrus company; $250 from Edward W. Becht, Fort Pierce commissioner
Johnathan A. Ferguson
Total contributions: $11,309.68
Total expenditures: $7,663.81
Contributions this period: $11,309.68
Expenditures this period: $7,663.81
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Dorothy Conrad, former St. Lucie County tax collector; $500 from Elsie Kastner, retired; $150 from Peter Harrison, rancher; $100 from Michael Adams, rancher
Thomas Ruelane Kindred Jr.
Total contributions: $3,096
Total expenditures: $1,365.19
Contributions this period: $3,096
Expenditures this period: $1,365.19
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Evan D. Goldstein, doctor
ST. LUCIE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Stephanie Ellen Morgan
Total contributions: $4,559.48
Total expenditures: $1,089.79
Contributions this period: $1,588.28
Expenditures this period: $836.21
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $400 from Riverbell Inc., transportation business; $250 from Paul Jacquin & Sons Inc., general contractor business; $250 from Paul Jacquin; $200 from Richard V. Neill, attorney
Gertrude Walker
Total contributions: $2,906
Total expenditures: $274.50
Contributions this period: $2,906
Expenditures this period: $274.50
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Robert C. Knowles, former St. Lucie County sheriff; $250 from System Council U-4 IBEW, political committee; $250 from Evette Simmons, attorney; $100 from Larry Lee Jr., State Farm insurance agent
ST. LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2
Carol A. Hilson
Total contributions: $1,775
Total expenditures: $100
Contributions this period: $725
Expenditures this period: $100
Selected noteworthy contribution this period: $150 from Ken Mascara, St. Lucie County Sheriff
ST. LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 4
Kathryn J. Hensley
Total contributions: $10,500
Total expenditures: $445.58
Contributions this period: $350
Expenditures this period: $445.58
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $150 from Ken Mascara, St. Lucie County Sheriff; $100 from Kenneth Mills, husband of School Board member Donna Mills (District 3)
FORT PIERCE MAYOR
Curtis Boyd
Total contributions: $12,655
Total expenditures: $122.16
Contributions this period: $12,655
Expenditures this period: $122.16
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Ditchdiggers, construction business; $500 from Intercoastal Financial Group, financial services business; $500 from JA Taylor Roofing, business; $500 from John H. Stamm, owner of manufacturing business; $500 from PHL Land Care, landscaping business; $500 from Jon Lee, financial adviser; $300 from Archie's Seabreeze, bar/restaurant; $300 from Seaway Market, retail business; $250 from Paul Jacquin & Sons, general contractor business
Christine Coke
Total contributions: $2,083
Total expenditures: $45
Contributions this period: $2,083
Expenditures this period: $45
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Harriet O. Fordham, retired; $200 from Carmela Stockmann, retired
Vincent C. Gaskin
Total contributions: $1,242.95
Total expenditures: $329.09
Contributions this period: $1,242.95
Expenditures this period: $329.09
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: None
Linda Hudson
Total contributions: $52,095
Total expenditures: $16,401.94
Contributions this period: $4,645
Expenditures this period: $3,078.79
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: $500 from Glynda Cavalcanti, CPA; $500 from Winifred Pizzano, consultant; $500 from Stan Crippen, retired; $500 from Cecilia Crippen, homemaker; $500 from Carol Holden, homemaker; $400 from Anne Carlton, homemaker; $250 from Charlene Koblegard, homemaker
FORT PIERCE COMMISSION DISTRICT 1
Alfredia Wilder-Agnew
Total contributions: $400
Total expenditures: none
Contributions this period: $400
Expenditures this period: none
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: None
PORT ST. LUCIE COUNCIL DISTRICT 4
Robert William Bluestone
Total contributions: $600
Total expenditures: none
Contributions this period: $600
Expenditures this period: none
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: None
Jolien Marie Caraballo
Total contributions: $870.49
Total expenditures: $15.63
Contributions this period: $870.49
Expenditures this period: $15.63
Selected noteworthy contributions this period: None
ST. LUCIE WEST SERVICES DISTRICT SEAT 5
Charles B. Altwein
No contributions or expenditures
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/apr/10/mascara-still-leads-all-races-in-campaign/
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Friday Fest, TC Palm, Ask the Candidates
Campaign supporters turned out for Friday Fest, Friday, April 6, 2012. It was a breezy, warm evening. Thanks for the great turnout!
TC Palm has a "Politics" page with questions and answers for area candidates. You can find the questions and my answers at http://elections.tcpalm.com/races/2012/general/fort-pierce-mayor.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Empty Bowls at the Farmers' Market
Every year, I shop for Empty Bowls at the Downtown Farmers' Market of Fort Pierce, this year held on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Can you guess who's next to me? That's right, Debbie Hawley, St. Lucie County School Board member. Empty Bowls is one of my favorite special events at the Market. Art students create and decorate bowls, and sell them at the Market, with proceeds going to the Treasure Coast Food Bank to feed the hungry. Culinary arts students prepare soup for patrons who purchase bowls. The soups this year included breakfast soup, clam and corn chowder and carrot and ginger soup. Lots of fresh faces appear at the Market on Empty Bowls Day, including students, teachers and their parents. I love Empty Bowls Day! Thank you students and teachers for this great event.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Zora Neale Hurston Library Opens
I attended the ribbon cutting ceremony of the opening of the remodeled and expanded Zora Neale Hurston Library, 3008 Avenue D. The library is now open for business Thursday and Saturday.
Monday, March 19, 2012
St. Patrick's Day
The South Hutchinson Island Western Peninsula charrette was well attended on Saturday, March 17, thanks to a number of people who called and emailed to business people and residents throughout St. Lucie County. The diverse group included 2012 candidates for a county and city offices. Six team leaders presented their reports and all teams called for some kind of development on the Western Peninsula, including residential, resort, recreation and ev
en a marine academy. Marcela Camblor of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Agency is shown wrapping up the charrette, with the six conceptual drawings behind her on the wall. In the second picture, I'm leaving the Downtown Farmers' Market of Fort Pierce with my market bag loaded with healthy vegetables. Later in the day, I worked at the St. Patrick Day Festival for the Downtown Business Association (DBA).Friday, March 16, 2012
Public Meeting on Hutchinson Island Private and Public Property
The Western Peninsula of South Hutchinson Island has a privately owned parcel that's vacant and a public parcel now used as the FPUA's waste water treatment plant. The waste water plant should be moved in the future, but when and for how much is a big unknown. The vacant, privately-owned parcel was the location of the Causeway Trailer Park, until the 2004 hurricanes gave the city the opportunity to close it. The City of Fort Pierce has hired a consultant to host a public meeting to allow property owners, businesses and residents to provide input into what should happen there in the future.
Editorial: Participation critical for public design workshop on South Causeway in Fort Pierce
A workshop scheduled for Saturday will lead to potential goals for prime waterfront property in Fort Pierce
By Editorial Board
Friday, March 16, 2012
After four years of discussion and a year of negotiations, a public design workshop on the future of the western peninsula of Fort Pierce Beach will be held Saturday.
Major parts of the workshop — or "charrette" — are the potential uses on the south side of the peninsula for the privately owned parcel that was formerly the Causeway Mobile Home Park and for the waste treatment plant on the Indian River Lagoon owned by the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority. Other properties to the north on the peninsula will be included in the discussion.
Residents, property owners and city and St. Lucie County officials are urged to take part in the charrette from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the River Walk Center, formerly the Fort Pierce Community Center, at 600 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce.
(Yes, it's appropriate to wear green in recognition of St. Patrick's Day.)
Some of the delay in scheduling the charrette was making sure property owners, businesses and residents, including seasonal residents, would be available. There was some delay, also, in determining funding for the event and follow-up.
This will not be an inexpensive exercise. City and county officials have agreed to split the $35,000 cost, which includes the charrette and a report on consensus recommendations, as well as maps and drawings of possible uses for the properties. Facilitating the workshop will be Marcela Camblor of Stuart, a former design specialist with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. A report will be due in about three weeks.
The need to create a vision for the prime waterfront property became clear last year when Ashton DePeyster of Palm Beach, who owns the former mobile home park site, submitted plans to the state to build a marina on his property adjacent to the FPUA waste treatment plant. Residents and city officials have said they want an overall plan for the peninsula rather than piecemeal projects that could impact the overall future use. It's unlikely any of the properties can or will be developed to their full potential until the waste treatment plant is moved inland from its present site.
DePeyster and/or his representatives are expected to attend the workshop.
Leslie Olson, assistant planning director for the city who has been coordinating Saturday's charrette, said participants will be asked to develop, potentially, two sets of goals — one on their ultimate desires for the properties and one in which private investment might help financially in getting the waste treatment plant moved. The FPUA, she said, doesn't have the financial means at this time to fund the move inland.
It has been many years since Fort Pierce residents, business and property owners have had an opportunity to weigh in on the future of the western peninsula of the island. Officials have suggested such goals as a resort hotel and a convention center.
Considering the cost of this public design workshop and its role in developing a plan for the eventual use of the sites in connection with public and private partnerships, major participation from those with an interest in their future can be critical.
A few hours of discussion and drawing maps and buildings will likely have a significant impact.
editorial board
PUBLIC DESIGN WORKSHOP
Reason: To establish goals for waterfront properties on the western peninsula of Fort Pierce Beach
Date: Saturday, March 17
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Participants may drop in and do not have to attend the entire session.)
Location: River Walk Center, 600 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce
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