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