What the Hell was Mayor Stanczyk thinking? - Part 2 of 3

By now that we all know that Mayor Shelly Stanczyk was involved in setting up the website pbcheckstherecord.org and we know the website was used to defame various political opponents and candidates such a Karen Cunningham, John Dubois, and Jim Araiza. But who else was involved? The individual who created the website according to litigation filed (posted on Recall Website) by JB Harris, name is Mr. Pedro Souss, who resides at 8355 SW 183 Terr, Palmetto Bay, FL along with his wife Mili Maldonado who according to the 2013 Florida Corporation Annual Report is the Vice President and Director of Concerned Citizens of Old Cutler, Inc. (CCOCI).

According to the internet, Mr. Pedro Souss’s occupation is Computer Programing and System Design. When I called Mr. Souss to discuss the website, all he could say was he had no comment. No comment about setting up the website, no comment about his wife being a VP and Director of the CCOCI, no comment if the Mayor asked him to set up the website and no comment about why his credit card was used to obtain various Domain Names.

According to the 2013 Corporation Annual Report, CCOCI has numerous directors including Betty Pegram, Gary Pastorella, Carol Exposito, Stanley Kaplan and Mili Maldonado. As we all know CCOCI, along with the Village of Palmetto Bay, Betty Pegram and Joan Lindsay are being sued by Palmer Trinity Private School for Civil Rights Violations. It was the CCOCI that pushed the Village of Palmetto Bay into our six-year litigation battle with Palmer Trinity which, in some individuals’ opinions, will cost the Village taxpayers’ millions of dollars in attorney fees and damages.

Additionally, some of the Directors of the CCOCI are presently being sued by both John Dubois and Jim Araiza for slander and defamation of character. In a conversation with a CCOCI director, Gary Pastorella (who is presently being sued,) Mr. Pastorella stated he did not know of Mayor Stanczyk’s or CCOCI association with pbcheckstherecord.org. This leads to the question of who’s really in control of the CCOCI right now. According to Sunbiz.gov the one constant name who appears on each annual report since it was incorporated is Betty Pegram of 18121 SW 82nd Ave as a Vice President and Director. Honorable mention goes to Councilwomen Joan Lindsay who was a Vice President and Director from inception in 2005 until 2010.

I, for one, am not an individual who believes in conspiracy theories although this latest bit of information may make me more open to the concept. How and why do these individual’s names keep popping up on a continual basis and why are their actions so over the line on a constant basis that they continue to be named in litigation? Do Mayor Stanczyk and her associates think they are so far above the law that they can be this underhanded without it coming to light or without legal recourse?

In my opinion, Mayor Stanczyk and her associates should all be run out of town on a rail. They have turned the Village of Palmetto Bay into a circus. They have proven how devious they are and that they lack basic morals. Fortunately, there are legal means afforded us by the laws of the great State of Florida that allow us to remove bad actors that don’t involve a rail but can be equally as uncomfortable. It is our job, as vigilant citizens, to keep digging for facts and keep hammering away at issues until justice is served. Not only will this rid us of our current toxic politics, but it will send a message to the next Mayor and the next councilperson and those who are seated now that we will not stand for this and that they should always act transparently, in an above-board fashion and only in the best interest of all of the citizens rather than any specific special interest. None of this drama would be poisoning our Village if Mayor Stanczyk and her maladjusted misfits had just kept their activities within the Florida Commission on Ethics guidelines.

Once again, if you are so moved and are as disgusted as I am, I recommend that you call Mayor Stanczyk’s office or email her and request that she resign. To call her office, dial 305 259-1234. To call her store, dial 305 969-0696. To email her, write sstanczyk@palmettobay-fl.gov. Be sure to cc the other Palmetto Bay councilmembers to ensure they too are aware of your disgust with dirty politics.

David Singer