Palm Beach Gardens City Council
Candidate Forum

Join us for an evening of in-depth discussion of city issues with the candidates for the March 15th Municipal election in Group 4. With one remaining challenger facing incumbent Vice Mayor David Levy this year, it should be a lively discussion.

Moderated by Former Gardens Mayor Mike Martino

Thursday, February 25, 2016
6:30 PM
Gardens Branch, Palm Beach County Library *
11303 Campus Drive
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

The candidates are:


Vice Mayor David Levy	Challenger Carl Woods
Group 4

For information, call 561-972-8789
This event is jointly sponsored by:

North County Democratic Club
Palm Beach County Tea Party
PBG Residents Coalition
PBG Watch
Republican Club of the Northern Palm Beaches
Republican Club of the Palm Beaches

* This program is not sponsored/endorsed by the Palm Beach County Library System

Biographies

Candidates

	Vice-Mayor David Levy, a Florida native, was born in 1960 and has been a Palm Beach Gardens resident since 1989. He received a B.S in Geology from Florida State University, and a M.S. in Geological Sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The owner of environmental engineering firm Southeast Remediation Technnology, he is an adjunct instructor in environmental geology at Palm Beach State College. A former Mayor of Palm Beach Gardens, he was a City Councilman from 2004 through 2012, left briefly to run unsuccessfully for County Commissioner, and was re-elected in 2013. County-wide, he has chaired the League of Cities Environmental Committee, the Regional Hazardous Material Oversight Committee and the Water Resources Task Force, as well as participating with Workforce Alliance, the Biotech Land Advisory Board, and the Loxahatchee River Management Coordinating Council. Mr. Levy works as a professional geologist, providing environmental consulting services in contamination assessment and remediation. He enjoys coaching youth flag football, soccer, and roller hockey through the city’s Recreation Department. Mr. Levy has enjoyed raising his family in Palm Beach Gardens and looks forward to ensuring the city’s vision meets the needs of the residents he serves.
	Carl Woods was born and raised in Los Angeles, California but has been a resident of Palm Beach Gardens since 1986. A veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as a law enforcement specialist, after an honorable discharge he joined the Jupiter Police Department in 1986, where he developed an expertise in vehicle homicide investigation. Hired by the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department in the early 90s, he continued his traffic and vehicle homicide education and was eventually assigned to full-time crash investigator and vehicle homicide investigator. In that role, Mr. Woods helped redesign two major intersections within the city, which greatly reduced the number of serious bodily incidents from traffic accidents at those locations. Because of his efforts on those projects, he was nominated by the City of Palm Beach Gardens Police Department for Officer of the Year in Palm Beach County. After retiring from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, Mr. Woods continued active-duty reserve status with the Palm Beach Gardens police and the Jupiter Police Department and finally, in August 2015, left the Jupiter Police Department once again to run for PBG City Council. Mr Woods also owns a private investigation and process service company, with headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens. Mr Woods has a 24 year old son, Derek, who is completing his degree through Florida State University.

Vice-Mayor David Levy, a Florida native, was born in 1960 and has been a Palm Beach Gardens resident since 1989. He received a B.S in Geology from Florida State University, and a M.S. in Geological Sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The owner of environmental engineering firm Southeast Remediation Technnology, he is an adjunct instructor in environmental geology at Palm Beach State College. A former Mayor of Palm Beach Gardens, he was a City Councilman from 2004 through 2012, left briefly to run unsuccessfully for County Commissioner, and was re-elected in 2013. County-wide, he has chaired the League of Cities Environmental Committee, the Regional Hazardous Material Oversight Committee and the Water Resources Task Force, as well as participating with Workforce Alliance, the Biotech Land Advisory Board, and the Loxahatchee River Management Coordinating Council. Mr. Levy works as a professional geologist, providing environmental consulting services in contamination assessment and remediation. He enjoys coaching youth flag football, soccer, and roller hockey through the city’s Recreation Department. Mr. Levy has enjoyed raising his family in Palm Beach Gardens and looks forward to ensuring the city’s vision meets the needs of the residents he serves.

Carl Woods was born and raised in Los Angeles, California but has been a resident of Palm Beach Gardens since 1986. A veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as a law enforcement specialist, after an honorable discharge he joined the Jupiter Police Department in 1986, where he developed an expertise in vehicle homicide investigation. Hired by the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department in the early 90s, he continued his traffic and vehicle homicide education and was eventually assigned to full-time crash investigator and vehicle homicide investigator. In that role, Mr. Woods helped redesign two major intersections within the city, which greatly reduced the number of serious bodily incidents from traffic accidents at those locations. Because of his efforts on those projects, he was nominated by the City of Palm Beach Gardens Police Department for Officer of the Year in Palm Beach County. After retiring from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, Mr. Woods continued active-duty reserve status with the Palm Beach Gardens police and the Jupiter Police Department and finally, in August 2015, left the Jupiter Police Department once again to run for PBG City Council. Mr Woods also owns a private investigation and process service company, with headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens. Mr Woods has a 24 year old son, Derek, who is completing his degree through Florida State University.

Moderator

	Michael Martino is a 51 year resident of Palm Beach Gardens. He is a recently retired owner of a 37 year-old small business, known as Family Flooring, a retail flooring store. He also was a Palm Beach Gardens City Councilman from 1972 to 1993. Mike served 12 terms as Mayor. Mike also was a two-term President of the Palm Beach County League of Cities from 1991 to 1993. He served on numerous Palm Beach County panels, such as, the County Traffic Performance Standards Ordinance Committee. Mike has called for increased transparency in Palm Beach Gardens City government, less involvement by the Administration in creating City policies and directives, more scheduled workshop meetings with the public, and believes that a $60,000 salary and benefit package for the City Council members is excessive. He has called for fiscal responsibity and more civility by the City Council in discussions with the public. Mike also writes a column, A Martino Minute, for PBGwatch.com.

Michael Martino is a 51 year resident of Palm Beach Gardens. He is a recently retired owner of a 37 year-old small business, known as Family Flooring, a retail flooring store. He also was a Palm Beach Gardens City Councilman from 1972 to 1993. Mike served 12 terms as Mayor. Mike also was a two-term President of the Palm Beach County League of Cities from 1991 to 1993. He served on numerous Palm Beach County panels, such as, the County Traffic Performance Standards Ordinance Committee.

Mike has called for increased transparency in Palm Beach Gardens City government, less involvement by the Administration in creating City policies and directives, more scheduled workshop meetings with the public, and believes that a $60,000 salary and benefit package for the City Council members is excessive. He has called for fiscal responsibity and more civility by the City Council in discussions with the public.

Mike also writes a column, A Martino Minute, for PBGwatch.com.