Who is Annie Delgado from Taxpayers for Term Limits? - the early years

The most active member of Taxpayers for Term Limits appears to be Annie M. Delgado.  Ms. Delgado  seems well-known in local Republican circles.  By well-known, I mean she seems as welcome as a non-member climbing the fence at Mar-a-Lago.  It's hard to know where to begin with this ardent taxpayer in favor of term limits.

Ms. Delgado first obtained her real estate license in November 1993 and held that license until September 30, 2019, when it expired.

Since I don't know her personally, I thought I'd look through the public records and find out.  The oldest useful entry I could find was a lawsuit filed by First Union National Bank in 1988.  She settled that case and stipulated to a judgment of $1,192.00 which she was going to pay back $25 a month until it was satisfied.  She did get the satisfaction in 1991.

In 1995, Ms. Delgado was issued a traffic ticket.  According to the court records, she failed to pay the fine.  Ultimately, she got her day in court and paid a fine of $170.75.  Where, exactly, did she park that the fine was that much?  In the middle of I-95?

The next item is a 2011 defamation lawsuit filed by three people, one of them Annie Delgado, against some individuals and corporations which appears to relate to the restaurant and catering business at the Embassy Suites hotel.  In that complaint, she alleged that she was involved for a 6-day period in the underlying activities.  She alleged that she was defamed and that she was a former member of the Palm Beach Gardens city council and relied upon her reputation in her consulting, lobbying, political and business endeavors.  The case ended.  I can't figure out what happened to her claim.

Next up is the Carl Domino litigation.  In October 2014, prior to the 2014 general election, Ms. Delgado filed a court action against Carl Domino, individually.  She claimed she was owed money for services she rendered to Mr. Domino's campaign to gain his fifth term as a representative.  So it doesn't seem like she had much interest in term limits then.

There are other parts of the Domino court complaint are illuminating.  She alleges that, when she was allegedly approached by the campaign in 2014, she was living in Marion County, which is where Ocala is located. She actually has owned a homesteaded property in Ocala since 2007.  (Last time I checked, Ocala is a loooong way from Jupiter).

She claimed that she immediately moved to Palm Beach County to work on the reelection campaign.  She claimed that her agreement was through an organization named "Public Concepts" and that her retention was authorized by Randy Nielsen of Public Concepts and Larry Casey of the Carl Domino campaign.  Remember the Public Concepts name as it will play a role in this ongoing tale.

The lawsuit progressed for a while, then Mr. Domino and his campaign filed a counterclaim alleging that Ms. Delgado had submitted invoices that overstated what she was owed.  Ms. Delgado denied this.  In May 2016, Ms. Delgado's claims were dismissed and she was ordered to pay Mr. Domino's legal fees, which were found to be $60,000.  This was probably not the result she anticipated or hoped for.

The bad result was appealed.  The 4th District Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of her claim and the award of attorneys' fees.  As far as I can tell from the Palm Beach County Clerk's records, the $60,000 judgment, or at least some portion of it, is still outstanding.

And then the public records in Palm Beach County go silent for three years.  Maybe she was living in her home in Ocala that she's owned since 2007.  The home that she claims as a homestead.

Coming up next - The return of Annie Delgado.




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