Mark Di Carlo
Mark Di Carlo was a candidate for mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas. He was defeated in the special election on May 6, 2017.
Di Carlo was also a 1997 candidate for an at-large seat on the Corpus Christi City Council. He won 2 percent of the vote in that race, placing ninth of nine contenders for the seat.[1][2]
Biography
Di Carlo earned a B.A. in communications from the University of Mount Union and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. As of his 2017 run for office, Di Carlo owned his own social security disability, personal injury, and criminal defense law firm and hosted the public access interview show "Voices of the Coastal Bend."[3][4][5]
Elections
2017
Corpus Christi, Texas held a special election for mayor on May 6, 2017. Former Mayor Dan McQueen, who won election to the position on November 8, 2016, and was sworn in on December 13, 2016, resigned from office in January 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in the special election was March 27, 2017.[6][7] The following candidates ran in the special election for mayor of Corpus Christi.[8]
| Mayor of Corpus Christi, Special Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Joe McComb |
52.22% | 11,112 |
| Nelda Martinez | 30.29% | 6,445 |
| Larry White | 7.13% | 1,518 |
| Mark Di Carlo | 3.47% | 738 |
| Jonathan Garison | 2.99% | 636 |
| James Hernandez | 1.81% | 385 |
| Ray Madrigal | 1.59% | 339 |
| Margareta Fratila | 0.50% | 107 |
| Total Votes | 21,280 | |
| Source: Ballotpedia staff, Email correspondence with Nueces County Elections Department, July 17, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Di Carlo's campaign fundraising page said, "Our most basic city services have so deteriorated that we now have serious public safety issues: Extremely dangerous driving conditions caused by unsafe streets and negligent drivers. Contaminated water, caused by the cities negligence. Ignoring mosquito and animal and pest control."[9]
In response to a question from KRIS-TV about his campaign priorities, Di Carlo said, "My priorities obviously would be, in part, water and streets. We have a failed water system, I believe, based upon objective factors like the number of water boils that we have. The questions that I just stated need to be asked, and there need to be intelligent, simple reports issued to the people regarding what the costs will be. The street issues - obviously the streets have undergone a number of repairs, but the streets are still in bad shape. I don't know, again, that we have intelligent answers regarding the problem."[10]
Di Carlo also emphasized transparency and good government issues in a Facebook post declining a private meeting with the editorial board of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, saying, "my candidacy is based in part upon the improvement of government by the revelation of certain items including those not apparently included in the budget; what is commonly referred to as 'transparency'. For example, at minimum the amount that each Department Director earns, if not what every employee in the city earns should be submitted in an addendum on-line. Another obvious example would be the amount paid by the City yearly to Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau and other such organizations. I also favor reports made to citizens, in particular, regarding crises events such as water contamination events. Of course, I am concerned also that open records requests to the City may not being honored in good faith by the city."[11]
See also
| Corpus Christi, Texas | Texas | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, Texas, "General Election - April 5, 1997," April 8, 1997
- ↑ Corpus Christi Caller-Times, "Corpus Christi Attorney Joins Crowded Mayoral Race," March 1, 2017
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Mark A. Di Carlo, PLLC," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ Mark A. Di Carlo, PLLC, "Home," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Voices of the Coastal Bend," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ The Charlotte Observer, "Mayor Resigns After One Month in Office, Via Facebook," January 19, 2017
- ↑ City of Corpus Christi, "Special Election 2017," accessed March 28, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with the office of the Corpus Christi city secretary," March 28, 2017
- ↑ Gofundme, "Di Carlo for Mayor - Your Voice," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ KRIS-TV, "Candidate Profile for Mark A. Di Carlo," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Mark A. Di Carlo on April 4, 2017," accessed April 12, 2017
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