My election recommendations

This is a friendly reminder to all owners who are registered to vote that there are a number of important items affecting International Village owners on next Tuesday’s ballot, including two open seats for the Lauderhill City Commission.

For Lauderhill Commission Seat #2, John Beckford is the best qualified. Beckford is a second cousin of Marcus Garvey and has served in numerous leadership capacities including president of the Lauderhill Chamber of Commerce and member of the 2008 Lauderhill Master Plan Task Force, as well as serving on the staff of two county commissioners.

For Lauderhill Commission Seat #4, I recommend Ray Martin. Martin was one of the candidates who introduced himself to owners at last week’s International Village Board of Directors meeting. He is a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Lauderhill Building Authority who also volunteers as a mentor in the Broward school system.

And now for the rest of the ballot… As a former registered Democrat who has watched the Democrat Party lurch further and further to the left – from indoctrinating schoolchildren with perverted “transgender” theory to advocating for Open Borders and treasonously welcoming an invading caravan of illegal aliens bent on overrunning our southern border – I strongly recommend voting the straight Republican ticket.

My full recommendations are as follows:

U.S. Senator: Rick Scott
Congress, 20th District: No endorsement
Governor: Ron DeSantis
Attorney General: Ashley Moody
Chief Financial Officer: Jimmy Patronis
Commissioner of Agriculture: Matt Caldwell
Retain Justice Alan Lawson? YES
Retain Bruce Connor? YES
Retain Jeffrey Kuntz? No recommendation
Retain Carole Taylor? No recommendation
Circuit Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, Group 38: No endorsement
Circuit Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, Group 46: Maria Markhasin-Weekes
County Court Judge, Group 9: Tanner Channing Demmery
County Court Judge, Group 19: No endorsement
Lauderhill Commission Seat #2: John Beckford
Lauderhill Commission Seat #4: Ray Martin
Broward Soil and Water Conservation District: Richard DeNapoli

Finally, please vote NO on all proposed Florida Constitutional Amendments.

John Labriola
International Village President

October maintenance

A number of owners have contacted the Board of Directors regarding their unsuccessful attempts to pay their October maintenance fees by e-check. Condominium Concepts, our new management company, has advised us that the e-check payment option is not yet available. Owners are advised to follow the instructions for making their monthly maintenance payments by automatic deposit. (Fill out a new automatic deposit authorization form, using your Building and Unit Number as your “Account Number,” and email it along with a copy of a voided check to NAyala@condominiumconcepts.com.) If you submitted your automatic deposit form after Oct. 1, it most likely won’t take effect until November, so you should have either mailed or hand-delivered your October payment to the association office at 3700 Inverrary Dr., Lauderhill FL 33319. The association is aware that the unavailability of the e-check option means that many out-of-town owners had to mail in their checks, causing their payments to arrive late, so the Board of Directors has instructed management to waive late fees for the month of October.

Please continue to direct any association-related questions to our new property manager Nancy Ayala at NAyala@condominiumconcepts.com.

In other news, the City of Lauderhill has informed us that a candidates forum for Lauderhill City Commission candidates will be held this Friday, Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Lauderhill City Hall, 5581 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Registered Lauderhill voters are invited to attend in order to hear from the candidates ahead of this November’s election.

 

John Labriola

International Village President