Maio’s Voting Record
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12.12.2018 Maio voted with Moran and Ziegler to approve Siesta Promenade (Benderson) over outcry from area residents
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8.16.2018: Despite neighbors’ lawsuit, voted for Pat Neal’s Grand Park (formerly “Grand Lakes”)
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6.15.2018: Voted to approve Sheriff’s truck garage on prime land on I-75 that residents hoped would be a “signature” upscale hotel.
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8.23.2017: Voted for James Gabbert’s Waste Facility at the Celery Fields
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10.14.2015: Voted for Gabbert’s Waste Transfer Station on I-75 at Celery Fields
Career, positions on Key issues
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Maio voted with Moran and Detert to redistrict the county before 2020 census.
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Voted to o approve a tweak in development rules on Siesta Key that allow commercial buildings taller than 35 feet to be built within 25 feet of the roadway.
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Supported Mike Moran’s initiative to make citizen charter amendments next to impossible by shortening petition-gathering timeframe and doubling required signatures.
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Voted against appointment of Jon Thaxton to Planning Commission (SNL)
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Voted for reappointment of Building Industry Lobbyist Jon Mast to BZA (SNL)
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Campaign Finance Reports 2014 and 2018
Background
Q & A with Herald Tribune 7.30.18
Sarasota News Leader: Campaign Funding for Maio’s seat in 2018
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Environment
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When the County Commission voted to spend more than $170 million to upgrade its Bee Ridge wastewater plant, Maio claimed to have no knowledge of its problems (see 2 hour 37 minute mark), although it had been plagued with spills of nearly a billion gallons over many years.
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Fits the definition of “Developer Captured”: Usually favors huge developments regardless of compatibility or sound planning -- see for example This could be you.