Welcome to Election 2024 Winter Springs Style
Are you ready to VOTE
The first step is to make sure you are still registered to vote in the up coming election. For Winter Springs, go to voteseminole.gov then click on voters. There you will find all the information needed to vote. We have the primary election. If you need a mail in ballot and are registered you can request on at that website.
Next, who will you vote for?
At this time, Winter Springs Commission Districts 1, 3 and 5 seats are up. We will post links to all the candidates, however, we will be posting our best choices for these seats, information that we have found out about the backgrounds of each candidate, and review their campaign finances.
DONORS TO THE PAUL D. DIAZ CAMPAIGN for Dist. 1.
GRANT MALOY
FORMER MAYOR OF WINTER SPRINGS, LAND REALTOR, PAUL PARTYKA
FORMER MAYOR CHARLES LACEY, WINTER SPRING
GRANT MALOY, SEMINOLE COUNTY CLERK
OF THE COURTS, COMPTROLLER
THE AUTHOR OF THE 1ST WINTER SPRINGS AUDIT.
DONATION: $500.00
FORMER MAYOR CHARLES LACEY, WINTER SPRING
FORMER MAYOR OF WINTER SPRINGS, LAND REALTOR, PAUL PARTYKA
FORMER MAYOR CHARLES LACEY, WINTER SPRING
Former Mayor Charles Lacey put our city in shambles and quit on the residents of Winter Springs DURING THE FISH KILL.
Campaign donation to Diaz: $500.00
FORMER MAYOR OF WINTER SPRINGS, LAND REALTOR, PAUL PARTYKA
FORMER MAYOR OF WINTER SPRINGS, LAND REALTOR, PAUL PARTYKA
FORMER MAYOR OF WINTER SPRINGS, LAND REALTOR, PAUL PARTYKA
Former Mayor Paul Partyka who appears regularly at commission meeting in support of land development.
Campaign Donation: $150.00
FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN JOHN P. HORAN
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE/SENIOR CENTER SUSIE COFFMAN
FORMER MAYOR OF WINTER SPRINGS, LAND REALTOR, PAUL PARTYKA
John Horan, removed from the county commission, arrested for beating his son.
Activist for the Winter Springs Community Association.
Donation: $500.00
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE/SENIOR CENTER SUSIE COFFMAN
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE/SENIOR CENTER SUSIE COFFMAN
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE/SENIOR CENTER SUSIE COFFMAN
Susie was forced into retirement from the City of Winter Springs.
Donation: $500.00
COMMISSIONER VICTORIA COLANGELO BRUCE DIST. 2
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE/SENIOR CENTER SUSIE COFFMAN
FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE/SENIOR CENTER SUSIE COFFMAN
Current Commissioner Victoria Colangelo Bruce
WSCA puppet on the Dias
Donation: $100.00
Thomas "TOM" Foster, Former Chairman Winter Spring Rotary Club
Parkstone HOA President and keeper of the Artisian Well Bob Sibley
Thomas "TOM" Foster, Former Chairman Winter Spring Rotary Club
"Retired" Chairman of Winter Springs Rotary Club. Member and vocal activist for the Winter Springs Community Association .
Donations totaling: $850.00
Former Winter Springs City Commissioner JoAnne Krebs
Parkstone HOA President and keeper of the Artisian Well Bob Sibley
Thomas "TOM" Foster, Former Chairman Winter Spring Rotary Club
Former Commissioner Krebs was on the Dias the night in 2009 when the City Utilities Director informed the commission of the impeding wastewater plants failure but chose to ignore the warnings.
Donations: $100.00
Parkstone HOA President and keeper of the Artisian Well Bob Sibley
Parkstone HOA President and keeper of the Artisian Well Bob Sibley
Parkstone HOA President and keeper of the Artisian Well Bob Sibley
Bob Sibley-
President of Parkstone
HOA Wants to sell water from an untested artisan well on Parkstone property
Donated to Diaz: $100.00
Developer/Mr. I Need A Zoning Change Ryan Stahl
Richard Jerman, Developer, Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board
Parkstone HOA President and keeper of the Artisian Well Bob Sibley
Mr. Stahl is known for asking for zoning changes from the commission to make is project "FIT" into Winter Springs. You might know the name: Equinox Development.
Donations: $250.00
Richard Jerman, Developer, Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board
Richard Jerman, Developer, Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board
Richard Jerman, Developer, Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board
Mr. Jerman, who is a developer and sits on the Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board. Mr. Jerman voted for Storage Units near Tuscawilla Crossings.
Donations: $500.00
More about Paul D. Diaz- The Development Candidate
Real Estate Broker and Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board member, Carissa Lawhon
Real Estate Broker and Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board member, Carissa Lawhon
Real Estate Broker and Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board member, Carissa Lawhon
Ms. Lawhun Managing Broker, Florida Realty Investments. Besides real estate is also into property management.
Ms. Lawhun also serves on the Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board and voted for the Storage units near Tuscawilla Crossings.
Donation: $250.00
Sun Terra Communities, V. LLC
Real Estate Broker and Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board member, Carissa Lawhon
Real Estate Broker and Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board member, Carissa Lawhon
Developer Richard Jerman also contributed from his LLC. Big time developer, friend of Ken Greenberg.
Donation: $200.00
Godbold, Downing, Bill and Rentz, Real Estate Attorneys
Real Estate Broker and Seminole County Planning and Zoning Board member, Carissa Lawhon
Property acquisitions and sales, development and land-use, finance, leasing and property development and re-development for a wide range of property types, including commercial, retail, industrial, residential, and mixed-use projects; with a special emphasis on representing residential homebuilders and multi-family developers in all aspects of a transaction, including preparation and negotiation of the contract, due diligence and title review, financing and closing.Travis represents clients in property acquisitions and sales, development and land-use, finance, leasing and property development and re-development for a wide range of property types, including commercial, retail, industrial, residential, and mixed-use projects; with a special emphasis on representing residential homebuilders and multi-family developers in all aspects of a transaction, including preparation and negotiation of the contract, due diligence and title review, financing and closing.
Donation: $200.00
Wilder Development, LLC
JULIE FESS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
a development company that will focus on Florida retail centers with anchor tenants.
Donation: $200.00
Bio-Tech Consulting, LLC
JULIE FESS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
JULIE FESS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
Bio-Tech Consulting is a full-service environmental consulting firm headquartered in Orlando, Fla. working relationships with regulatory agencies that are responsible for issuing permits on local, state and federal levels.
Donation: $500.00
JULIE FESS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
JULIE FESS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
JULIE FESS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT
Julie is skilled in helping to devise messaging and lobbying strategies that focus on meaningful outcomes by striving to collaboratively work with legislative leadership on substantive issues. Julie has cultivated relationships with House members, Senators and committee staff.
DONATION:$100.00
All you need to know about political campaigns
Getting facts...
You will be receiving or already are bunches of campaign literature in your mail and email.
There will be stretching of the truth, misinformation, disinformation, and LIES.
So, how do you educate yourself. Let's start with money. Who is funding the candidate?
CHANGES IN THE CAMPAIGN REPORTING SCHEDULE
FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS?
An interesting fact for this election season for the local races is how the candidates reports their campaign finances. Traditionally, they needed to be file monthly, HOWEVER, someone changed the rules and now it is every two months. (9/6/2024 is the next report)
We at Fact Check Winter Springs, will make available records of each candidates financials which include, donors and amounts, expenditures and amounts. Donors are of interest to many voter to show exactly who their financial backers are.
In the past, some Winter Springs candidates where heavily backed by realtors, and developers. Even further back, by vendors/service providers to the City. The Commission has put a stop to taking donations from companies that have contracts with the City.
Providing the following screenshot from the voteseminole.gov website. Across the top look for candidates and click. A dropdown menu will appear, and choose candidates financial reports. There is another dropdown menu, which you will search Winter Springs 2024 then there is a little go button.
Once you see the screen that matches the image, just roll your mouse over the names and they will light up then click. Researching candidates donations will make you a more informed voter.
