The current District 2 commissioner, Gregory Hansen, is not seeking re-election, so this is an open seat this year. Theresa Pontieri won the Republican primary in August and will face independent candidate Raymond Royer in the general election in November.
News4JAX sent a questionnaire to each candidate asking about their background and their views on several issues. Scroll down to read the responses of those seeking your vote in their own words.
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Note: Responses are sorted alphabetically by party and are presented exactly as submitted, with no editing by News4JAX staff.
| REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE |
Theresa Pontieri
Campaign website: theresaforflagler.com
Campaign social media: Facebook
The Republican candidate has not responded to email and telephone invitations to complete the News4JAX candidate questionnaire. If responses are received, they will be promptly posted in this space.
| INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE |
Raymond Royer
Occupation:
United States Navy Veteran
Tradesmen / Professional
Laborer I - 78 Highway Bridge Construction
Steelworker, Topton Pa.
Pipefitter, Philadelphia / Allentown
Royer Mechanical Services Proprietor / Owner
Retired City of Allentown, Pa., firefighter
Age: 62
Family:
Wife Jan Paxson
Son Shawn , daughter- inlaw Touyen reside in Texas
Son Justin , daughter - inlaw Andressa reside in California
Education:
Wm. Allen High School Class of 1982
Lehigh Valley Vo - tech Auto Body
Navy SARS
Bethlehem Vo - tech Electrical , Plumbing , HVAC - R
Type I & II technician 40 CRF part 82, subpart F
Accredited Vertical Loop Installer Ground Source Heat Pump
Allentown Training Firefighter Academy
Political experience: Steelworker Washington D.C., two weeks
Penn Forest Township Supervisor Candidate Independent
What do you see as the top three issues in this race, and how do you plan to address them?
1. District 2 the leadership to establish a long and short term comprehension plan that’s 25 years overdue in order reaching State approval for beach replenishment / renourishment program to include innercoastal dredging canals, “” leadership has broken down to now only doing a maintenance beach program.“”
2. Working with other Flagler County Commissioners to establish long and short comprehension plan that for over 50 years of unfinished infrastucture mainly in District 4 and overall infrastructue that includes our safety and health. The unbalance in safty like County Fire is very below ISO stadards to were local citizens are being doubled taxed. ISO is a standard how insurance companies rate liability for home and car to bussiness policies. Two questions they ask is where is the closest fire hydrant to closest fire station.
3. Affordability, is the state of being inexpensive enough for people to realistically buy and pay for without sacrificing their standard of living, like our local control utilities in water and wastewater to trash fees. The ITT model never worked for the short term with numerous bankruptcies. To definitely not the long term being a model for mainly retirement homes and small businesses. Today our county and municipalities just cann’t solely relying on the fixed pension community without sacrifficing their standard of living or forcing them to move.
How can you help voters in a way that others running for this office cannot?
First by truly listening and then looking at all resources available at the county level. Lobbying or petitioning our State resources if that means I peronally have to sleep outside State represetative office doors or just have lunch to start by saying Flagler County needs funding for our betterment of life in safety and health to infrastructure.
What would you hope to be remembered for accomplishing after serving in this office?
For actully setting a " strong conerstone " in policies and rules to regulations in our much need for balance in safety and health to infrastucture throughout Flagler County that takes in highly consideration to calculate for affordability concept. Revisiting the organic Master Plan to orginal zoning and planning that has now become less rights for homeowners properties and exceptional rights for land developers. Leaving residential footprint communities with no basic protections or as it stands now no representation but continue taxation.
Campaign website: (None given)
Campaign social media: Facebook