Hometown! PAC Announces Call for Candidates Event

Key West, 21 April 2014:  Hometown! ‘s “Call for Candidates” Event at Salute Restaurant, Higgs Beach at 5 p.m.

Dear Members, Prospective Members of Hometown PAC, and all Candidates, Prospective Candidates and Those Merely Testing the Waters:

Please join us on Monday, April 21, 2014, when Key West’s Hometown! will present declared and potential candidates for the upcoming elections. The event will be held at Salute Restaurant, Higgs Beach, starting with a social portion at 5:00 p.m. Candidates, declared or potential, will introduce themselves and make short presentations, beginning at 5:30 pm. All candidates are encouraged to come early and bring with them petitions for voters to sign, campaign literature, buttons, T-shirts and other items relating to their campaign. Please bring your own tables for your campaign items.

For those who cannot attend the Call for Candidates, FloridaKeys.com will be streaming the event live as well as recording the event for later viewing.   You can watch the live event by going to www.hometownkeywest.com.  After the event, the recorded video will be posted to the Hometown Key West YouTube channel and will remain available on the same YouTube channel throughout the campaign” season.

For a full list of all known candidates and their pictures as well as other campaign information regarding registration and videos of prior Hometown events and, most important, Jenna Stauffer You Tube interviews of the candidates, visit our website to www.hometownkeywest.com. You’ll find direct links to Youtube, all of the other items and much more.

All potential and actual candidates (and those merely testing the waters) wishing to speak at the April 21st event should contact Hometown Board Members  Mark Bailey (305) 304-8690 e-mail [email protected] or Sheldon Davidson, (305) 295-3560 e-mail [email protected]

 

Hometown aims to promote the exchange of political viewpoints and ideas by providing and sponsoring lectures, forums, debates and other political discourse. These actions will allow the voters to more fully consider the merits of the candidates and their proposals (a) to unite and give voice to residents, and (b) to provide leadership and balance for economic growth.

There is no charge to attend, but we hope that you will join the majority of those interested in good government and our local elections and join Hometown in 2014. Membership in HOMETOWN! is on a calendar year basis.

PLEASE JOIN HOMETOWN! IN 2014

Membership 

Membership is open to (1) residents or homeowners who work or live in Key West/Monroe County and (2) all those who seek to advance the mission and policy of the Hometown! organization. Active, continuing membership requires a $ 35 minimum payment each year for an individual or $ 50 for an individual and spouse or partner. Membership is nonpartisan.

To join, please click on the Hometown logo below or go the Hometown website at www.hometownkeywest.com. Then click on the words JOIN HOMETOWN on the homepage or click on the Membership icon. By doing that, you can use your credit card through PayPal.

Or, simply send your name, address, telephone number and email address with your check for:

• $ 35 – Individual membership

• $ 50 – Household/family

• $ 100 – Friend

• $ 500 – Benefactor

To:

Hometown Key West PAC

P.O. Box 2537

Key West, FL, 33045-2537

This is an especially important election with respect to Key West and Monroe County as is evident in the continuing articles and citizen letters in the local newspapers with respect to a multitude of issues. The following is a list of those races for which there will be 2014 elections and the name of the present Incumbents and their opponents:

2014 Elections

SCHOOL BOARD—4-year term

District 1     Incumbent- Robin Smith-Martin (Will not seek re-election)

Opponent: Stu Kessler (NON) (Filed)

Opponent: Warren Leamard (NON) (Filed)

District 3     Incumbent: John R. Dick

District 5     Incumbent: Ronald Martin

Opponent: Dennis Caltagirone (NON) (Filed)

CIRCUIT JUDGES—6-year term

Group 1—Incumbent Mark Jones (NOP) (Filed)

Opponent: Donald Barrett (NOP) (Filed)

Group 3—Incumbent Luis Garcia (NOP) (Filed)

Group 4 –Incumbent Tegan Slaton (NOP) (Filed)

Opponent: Jack Bridges (NOP) (Filed)

Opponent: Bonnie J. Helms (NOP) (Filed)

KEY WEST MAYOR—1-year term

Incumbent: Craig Cates (NON) (Filed)

Opponent: Sloan Bashinsky (NON) (Filed)

Non-Partisan Judicial and School Board Elections and the Key West Mayoral Election are held on the same day as the First Primary Election. Candidates for these offices do not run as representatives of any political party. If there are three or more candidates for a particular office and none of the three receives a majority vote (50%+1) the top two vote getters go to the General Election for a run-off.

MOSQUITO CONTROL BOARD—4-year term

District 2 — Incumbent: Phillip Goodman

District 5 — Incumbent: Jack Bridges (Will not seek re-election)

Opponent: Thomas McDonald (Rep.)(Filed)

Opponent: Geoffrey Bailey (Dem.) (Filed)

U.S. REP—DIST 26

Incumbent—Joe Garcia

Opponent: Jose Felix Peixoto (Rep.) (Filed)

Opponent: Edward P. MacDougal (Rep.) (Filed)

STATE REP. – DIST. 120

Incumbent—Holly Merrill Raschein (Rep.)

COUNTY COMMISSIONER– 4-year term

District 2—Incumbent–George Neugent (Rep.) (Filed)

Opponent—Danny Coll (Rep.) (Filed)

District 4—Incumbent—David Rice (Rep.) (Filed)

IMPORTANT DATES:

CLOSING DATE FOR ALL CANDIDATES—FRIDAY, JUNE 20 AT NOON

PRIMARY ELECTION IS AUGUST 26, 2014—–IN ORDER TO VOTE, A CITIZEN MUST BE REGISTERED BY JULY 28

GENERAL ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 4, 2014—IN ORDER TO VOTE, A CITIZEN MUST BE REGISTERED BY OCTOBER 6