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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Plantation Candidate Rico Petrocelli Putting Unwanted Campaign Sign In Resident’s Front Yard

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For weeks, a homemade Rico Petrocelli campaign sign hung in a tree at the intersection of West Broward Boulevard and SW 54th Avenue. But as early voting began, the sign came down when the resident decided to support Petrocelli’s opponent, Jesse Walaschek. The wooden Rico sign was replaced with the standard blue & white Walaschek campaign sign.

But Rico still wanted all those eyeballs stuck waiting at the busy intersection.

Earlier this week, REDBROWARD obtained video recorded by the resident’s Ring camera. The video shows Rico Petrocelli’s Ford Five Hundred sedan, with magnetic Rico campaign sign, leaving the private property. After Petrocelli left, the resident found a new Rico sign on the property. The sign was removed

On Halloween morning, Petrocelli returned to the resident’s house. The video shows Petrocelli pull into the driveway, park, exit the vehicle, open the trunk and place a campaign sign in the yard.

As luck would have it, this reporter was driving past the home around 7:45am and spotted Petrocelli pulling out of the driveway.

Why does Petrocelli keep entering private property? Will the resident call police? Does Rico know Ring doorbells are everywhere?

Stay tuned…

Broward Judge Candidate Tanner Demmery Doesn’t Want To Answer Questions About The Shady Voter Card Passed Out By His Volunteer

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On the first day of early voting, Broward County judicial candidate did not want to answer questions about shady palm cards endorsing his campaign. When REDBROWARD caught up with him at the Northwest Regional Library in Coral Springs, Demmery cried “harassment” when asked about his appearance on the partisan card from the A Better Florida For All political committee. Demmery even asked a woman to call the police. As REDBROWARD exposed in January, the Palm Beach committtee is tied to controversial Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness.

The Holness-friendly group is using the palm card to promote Democrat candidates including Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson. Last week, Buddy Nevins at Broward Beat reported four non-partisan judicial candidates appeared on the latest card. They are Haccord James Curry, Stefanie Camille Moon, Jackie Powell and Tanner Channing Demmery.

“Partisan appeals judicial candidates’ ads are forbidden by the Florida Supreme Court Code of Judicial Conduct. Joint advertising by judicial candidates is also prohibited,” Nevins wrote.

On Friday, Omar Smith of A Better Florida For All told the Sun-Sentinel, “none of the candidates were picked because of financial ties to the political action committee or to any of Smith’s businesses, which perform campaign services.”

Demmery told the Sun-Sentinel, “[H]e had no idea why his name appeared on the Better Florida for All flier, though he did pay one of Smith’s contractors for campaign signs. Dennery said he was unaware of the connection between the contractor and Smith, and by extension the PAC, until after the flier began circulating in Tamarac.”

DEMMERY VOLUNTEER PASSING OUT CARD

By last Friday, Tanner Channing Demmery was fully aware of the legal and ethical situation surrounding the A Better Florida For All card. But this week, a REDBROWARD reader sent a photograph of a Tanner Channing Demmery volunteer passing out this very card at early voting. Wearing an official Demmery campaign t-shirt, the female volunteer is shown with the card at the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale.

Demmery is running against Corey Amanda Cawthon for Broward County Judge.