Joan Iacono for Venice Council
An Independent Candidate Who Puts People First
Running to make the voices of Venice citizens heard and to stop the overdevelopment threatening our Neighborhoods
Joan Iacono for Venice Council
An Independent Candidate Who Puts People First
Running to make the voices of Venice citizens heard and to stop the overdevelopment threatening our Neighborhoods
Joan Iacono for Venice Council
An Independent Candidate Who Puts People First
Running to make the voices of Venice citizens heard and to stop the overdevelopment threatening our Neighborhoods
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Not Swayed
by Any Political Party
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Clean Campaign
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Supports Saving
Annual Venice Elections
Not Swayed by Any Political Party
Clean Campaign Pledge Signed
Supports Saving Annual Venice Elections
Not Swayed by Any Political Party
Clean Campaign
Pledge Signed
Supports Saving Annual Venice Elections
A Message from Joan... watch the above video to learn why Joan Iacono is running for Venice Council Seat 4.
You Deserve to Be Heard
The current City Council doesn’t seem to be listening to the citizens of Venice. They have ignored loud public outcry on three recent issues:
- The Council continues to force citizens to take drastic measures to be heard. Venice Unites collected more than 2,200 signatures on petitions to get the Council to make necessary changes to the land development rules.
- North Venice Neighborhood Alliance collected $40,000 to sue the council in an effort to stop a Publix shopping center from being built in a long- established neighborhood on what should have been a protected wetland.
- The third example is the most recent. The Council voted to change the way we have held annual elections for 98 years. The Council voted not to get input from the Charter Review Board, but instead voted to place a referendum on the upcoming ballot to benefit incumbents. If passed, three current Council members will get an additional year. Venice Citizens organized a group called SAVE (Save Annual Venice Elections) to oppose the referendum.
I believe that the City Council members are elected to represent and serve the people of the City. They must listen to peoples’ concerns about the issues and policies that affect them in their neighborhoods and their homes. That’s why I’m running for Seat #4 on the City Council. I promise to listen to the public before voting and I will make decisions that protect and put our people first.
Joan Listens!
Fighting for Citizens
to Be Heard
If it’s important to you, it will be important to me. I’m shocked that our residents have had to work so hard, repeatedly, to make the council hear what’s important to them. I promise I will take the time to listen to you the public and keep your concerns at the forefront when I am voting. The deep pocket should not overshadow the interests of the many.
Pushing Back
Against Overdevelopment
I will work to reign in overdevelopment, protecting residents from the unconscionable bait and switch tactics of developers. I will vote to prevent Venice from becoming a sea of high-rises and traffic packed seven lane roads. We have a Comprehensive Plan and we need to be guided by it. I will work to protect our wetlands and open spaces, our Gulf and our unique natural terrain.
Standing For Responsibility
in City Council
A member of the Council admitted to not reading hundreds of pages of rules before voting them into law. This is irresponsible! Property values in the City have soared over the last decade. As a result, taxes have increased. I will push for fiscal restraint and make sure your tax dollars are spent wisely.
Joan Listens!
Fighting for Citizens
to Be Heard
If it’s important to you, it will be important to me. I’m shocked that our residents have had to work so hard, repeatedly, to make the council hear what’s important to them. I promise I will take the time to listen to you the public and keep your concerns at the forefront when I am voting. The deep pocket should not overshadow the interests of the many.
Pushing Back Against Overdevelopment
I will work to reign in overdevelopment, protecting residents from the unconscionable bait and switch tactics of developers. I will vote to prevent Venice from becoming a sea of high-rises and traffic packed seven lane roads. We have a Comprehensive Plan and we need to be guided by it. I will work to protect our wetlands and open spaces, our Gulf and our unique natural terrain.
Standing For Responsibility in City Council
A member of the Council admitted to not reading hundreds of pages of rules before voting them into law. This is irresponsible! Property values in the City have soared over the last decade. As a result, taxes have increased. I will push for fiscal restraint and make sure your tax dollars are spent wisely.
Joan Listens!
Joan was truly upset when we visited the wetlands on Laurel Road that Pat Neal plans to pave over for a Publix store. ~ Barbara Desmond, former Venice Planning Commission Member
Joan was truly upset when we visited the wetlands on Laurel Road that Pat Neal plans to pave over for a Publix store. ~ Barbara Desmond, former Venice Planning Commission Member
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Fighting for Venice and Its Citizens
As a proud Venice citizen, the issue of overdevelopment is dear to my heart. I live in Bird Bay, the oldest Planned Unit Development in the City. We are fighting to prevent a developer from building homes on our golf course, long after the community was fully built, breaking the promises made to the community decades ago.
Other communities face similar threats.
The Sawgrass community in Central Venice is just one example. The City has created concerns about development of their Golf Course by failing to re-zone the property as promised when it was annexed to the City.
In North Venice a wetland in the Milano subdivision promised by the Plan to remain a wetland is slated to become a Publix shopping center because the city council abruptly approved a zoning change over the objection of the affected neighborhood residents. Those residents went so far as to raise $40,000 to sue the City Council in an unsuccessful effort to make them fulfill their promise.
I believe the Council should not be allowed to make major changes like this without the consent of the people most affected by those changes; people who invested their life savings based on promises made to them. And I believe that our citizens should not have to fight to make their elected representatives listen to them.
I know firsthand what its like to be ignored by the very people I elected to serve my community. That’s why I am running for City Council. I want to protect our citizens from the greed that wants to take advantage of us and our city, and I want to ensure that all citizens are heard.
If you want your voice to be heard please vote for me on November 5th. I’ll have your back!
Independent Thinker
Demand Accountability
Communities Matter
Resist Overdevelopment
Vote for Joan!
"I'll have your back" - Joan Iacono
Fighting for Venice and Its Citizens
As a proud Venice citizen, the issue of overdevelopment is dear to my heart. I live in Bird Bay, the oldest Planned Unit Development in the City. We are fighting to prevent a developer from building homes on our golf course, long after the community was fully built, breaking the promises made to the community decades ago.
Other communities face similar threats.
The Sawgrass community in Central Venice is just one example. The City has created concerns about development of their Golf Course by failing to re-zone the property as promised when it was annexed to the City.
In North Venice a wetland in the Milano subdivision promised by the Plan to remain a wetland is slated to become a Publix shopping center because the city council abruptly approved a zoning change over the objection of the affected neighborhood residents. Those residents went so far as to raise $40,000 to sue the City Council in an unsuccessful effort to make them fulfill their promise.
I believe the Council should not be allowed to make major changes like this without the consent of the people most affected by those changes; people who invested their life savings based on promises made to them. And I believe that our citizens should not have to fight to make their elected representatives listen to them.
I know firsthand what its like to be ignored by the very people I elected to serve my community. That’s why I am running for City Council. I want to protect our citizens from the greed that wants to take advantage of us and our city, and I want to ensure that all citizens are heard.
If you want your voice to be heard please vote for me on November 5th. I’ll have your back!
Independent Thinker
Communities Matter
Vote for Joan!
"I'll have your back"
- Joan Iacono
