Comments on: Why I’m not voting for Martha C. Pellino

By: John C.

John C. — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:04:59 +0000

The more current ‘in the field’ pics during the recent campaign were not at all as attractive as the one used in her metjax profile.

…and to think I’d actually wanted to know what brand of shampoo she used.

By: soxfan

soxfan — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:11:12 +0000

I totally agree with Phil and Johnny!! VOTE FOR PEDRO!!!! One thing I don’t get is this. If she says that she is independently wealthy and cannot and will not be bought then why didn’t she try to avoid this fiasco and give the money back? Does she really think that all of us from Springfield are that stupid?

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:43:38 +0000

Martha Pellino is very bad news and has no interest in helping the people of that district. She is polarizing and speaks about diversity but could care less unless your hispanic. She has no interest other than lining her pockets and getting pay offs!

By: Derek Hudson

Derek Hudson — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:01:40 +0000

IF his intent really is to devalue the neighborhood’s commercial properties and buy while they’re cheap in order to make money when he is holding all of the cards (or property), couldn’t he be prosecuted under RICO?

By: stephen dare

stephen dare — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:58:37 +0000

you go get em Joey!

Hell yeah!

By: skink

skink — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:47:00 +0000

same resource…different method.

By: skink

skink — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:40:59 +0000

if you want to wade into the contibution list and see what you can find….
i always start here.

https://www.voterfocus.com/ws/WScand/candidate_pr.php?e=2&c=duval

the search above(Downtownparks) is good, but poring over the reports manually…never know what you might find.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:15:35 +0000

Hionedes… man… I agree with Phil, whenever I hear that name my ears burn. I am hearing the famous line from Dynamite… “Vote for Pedro!” :P

By: claytonbixby

claytonbixby — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:02:25 +0000

Glad that I’m not the only one left wondering about this connection….. frankly I think she dodged the question posed on metjax re.. how she would handle Hionedies and then attacked DTP as her detractor.. Guess UrbanJax is now on her hit list too! I have to agree though, this guy is why we’re going nowhere and to think that HIS candidate might be our representative is frankly pretty damn scary! Much scarier to me than Lockett-Felder could ever be.

By: Downtownparks

Downtownparks — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:04:41 +0000

Good Job keeping it real Joe! I do want to make one correction though, Martha did answer that question. I sent it to you about 9 days after we had asked all of the candidates to have the answers back to us.

“Derelict and unkempt properties are a real problem all across district 7. How would you, as a council person, help motivate absentee owners?:

In District 7 there are many absentee property owners who do not live in the community as well as those who live on their property but have failed to keep the property in good condition required by law. These buildings and homes have become an eyesore and unsafe problem for the people who are restoring the community. I would work with the Code Enforcement Division of the city to make sure that these buildings and homes comply with the City Ordinances. According to the City Ordinances and Code Enforcement, if property does not meet the requirements, the absentee owner and the owner who lives on the property that is derelict and unkempt, is charged $250.00 per day. I do not think that this property owner would want to fall in that category. There are other options such as selling the property to someone who will restore and rebuild. ”

For those who want to research the all of the candidates, and thier contributions and expenditures, go to, https://www.voterfocus.com/ws/WScand/cand_srch.php?c=duval
Put the name of the candidate you want to research in the second field from the top, and search away.