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PAC Operated By Lauderdale Lakes Candidate Attacks Marlon Bolton’s Fiercest Critic On Tamarac Commission

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A political committee operated by Lauderdale Lakes Commission candidate Malucci Ray Joseph used money from a committee tied to Marlon Bolton to attack his fiercest critic on the Tamarac City Commission, campaign records show. Conservative Governance PAC sent residents a sleazy mailer attacking Tamarac Commissioner Elvin Villalobos. Bolton has received repeated pushback on his questionable tactics from Villalobos. Krystal Patterson, a Bolton ally is running against Villalobos.

Marlon Bolton Ally Malucci Ray Joseph

As REDBROWARD previously reported, Conservative Governance PAC is chaired by Malucci Ray Joseph, a close associate of Marlon Bolton. Joseph is a singer and active participant at services held at Marlon Bolton’s Praise Experience Worldwide Outreach church in North Lauderdale as well.

In April 2019, Malucci Joseph served as the treasurer for two political committees—Go Tamarac Go and Residents United PAC. The chairman of both committees was Carl Williams, another close associate of Marlon Bolton.

Between July 2019 and October 2022, Forecast Holdings made nine contributions to Residents United PAC. Forecast Holdings is a company owned by Marlon Bolton.

Malucci Ray Joseph is currently the chairwoman of the Conservative Governance PAC. In August, Conservative Governance PAC received a $2,000 contribution from Broward Vision PAC.

As REDBROWARD previously reported, Trace Robinson, another close associate of Marlon Bolton, is the chairman of the Broward Vision PAC. This political committee raises funds for Bolton’s annual Key To The Region gala.

HELLO, MARLON?

In July 2022 REDBROWARD wanted to ask Broward resident Malucci Joseph why she opened so many Tallahassee based political committees.

This reporter called the Tallahassee telephone number listed for both committees: (850) 220-7853.

But Malucci Joseph did not answer the phone.

Marlon Bolton answered the phone.

HIT PIECE

The new sleazy attack on Villalobos tries to smear him as a criminal. The attack mirrors the smears on the shady Tamarac Post website which is also tied to Bolton.

The mailer includes a disclaimer stating it was paid for by Conservative Governance PAC.

It may be a first for Broward.

A PAC operated by a Lauderdale Lakes candidate attacks a Tamarac Commissioner with money from a PAC tied to another Tamarac Commissioner.

All three are currently running campaigns for elected office.

Malucci Ray Joseph Hit Piece On Elvin Villalobos

Fake News Website Appears To Use Tamarac Commissioner Marlon Bolton’s Email List To Attack His Opponents

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A “fake news” website appears to use an email list belonging to Tamarac Commissioner Marlon Bolton to attack his opponents and praise his allies. Tamarac residents have complained about emails from the “Tamarac Post” website attacking city officials. REDBROWARD previously exposed the deep ties between Bolton and the Tamarac Post.

Tamarac Post recently featured stories attacking Tamarac Commissioner Elvin Villalobos.

In May, Villalobos made headlines when he questioned the propriety of political committees tied to Bolton receiving large contributions from city vendors. Soon after Villalobos made his allegations, the Tamarac Post began a series of articles attacking him.

Many residents and city officials question how the Tamarac Post obtained the email addresses of city residents. Federal law requires sites to obtain permission from recipients before sending emails. Some residents told REDBROWARD they never signed up to receive emails from the Tamarac Post.

REDBROWARD obtained the most recent email blast from the Tamarac Post. Near the bottom of the email are options to “unsubscribe” and “update profile.”

REDBROWARD clicked on “update profile.” We were redirected to a new page entitled “Update Your Commissioner Marlon Bolton Profile.”

Generated by Constant Contact, the email provider used by the Tamarac Post, the page continues:

You are seeing this message for one of the following reasons:

  1. You are a current member of the mailing list for Commissioner Marlon Bolton and would like to update your profile.
  2. You are a previous member of the mailing list for Commissioner Marlon Bolton and would like to re-subscribe to this list – Welcome back!

This is not the first time technology exposed direct ties between Marlon Bolton and the Tamarac Post.

In September 2021, a link provided by the Tamarac Post revealed “MBOLTON” authored stories attacking City of Tamarac politicians. Since late August, five Tamarac Post stories were written by “Maria Colson.” An August 26, 2021 story was a puff piece praising Tamarac Commissioner Marlon Bolton for a meaningless political appointment.

The next four stories featured baseless attacks on Bolton’s fellow commissioners. The most recent story contains numerous false claims against Mayor Michelle Gomez, Vice Mayor Elvin Villalobos and even former Mayor Beth Talabisco.

In March 2021, REDBROWARD exposed Marlon Bolton’s deep ties to “The Tamarac Post,” which was owned and operated by close Bolton ally Anthony Bonamy.

The Tamarac Post repeatedly wrote stories praising Marlon Bolton and his then-Commission co-hort Elberg Mike Gelin. The City Of North Lauderdale fired Bonamy from his position as deputy clerk after REDBROWARD revealed his role in the website. Bonamy was quickly hired as an aide to Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness.

On August 31,2021, REDBROWARD revealed how Tamarac Post reporter Maria Colson was not a Tamarac resident. 

According to her social media accounts, Maria Colson was a twentysomething woman living in Sidcup, England. According to her LinkedIn page, Colson worked for TJ MAXX and a public policy firm. Both jobs are located in England, NOT Tamarac.

Colson’s Tamarac Post bio gives a vanity website, mariacolson.com, which appears to be a dead link. Links to her Facebook and Twitter accounts are also provided.

According to her Twitter account, Maria Colson is deeply interested in British animal rights causes and climate change initiatives. She made no mention of Tamarac, or Broward, or Florida or even the U.S.A.

REDBROWARD attempted to contact Maria Colson via her Facebook page. She never responded to questions about her reporting.

Why were stories allegedly written by a young Englishwoman posted under “MBOLTON?”

How did the Tamarac Post get access to the Constant Contact account for Commissioner Marlon Bolton?

Who is writing these attack stories for the Tamarac Post?