Election Day: Get Out And Vote!

Today's your chance to make a difference in your community by voting for your city commissioner seat 1.

The candidates are Mary Gray Black and Michael Smith.

Here's what you need to know about the candidates:

Mary Gray Black

• Has lived in Largo for 43 years
• Started her 18-year career in municipal government as city clerk for Belleair Beach in 1973
• First elected to the Largo City Commission in 1975.  She was re-elected to the city commission in 1978 and again in 1981. At the end of her term she chose not to run.
• She retunred to as commissioner in 2005 and was re-elected in 2008. 
• Listen and watch her video statement.

Michael Smith

• Born in Largo and lived in the city the majority of his life.
• Smith worked in grocery store management before becoming a Pinellas Park library assistant in 2005.
• He was promoted to senior library assistant in 2007.
• Smith was appointed by the city commission to serve in the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee for a three-year term in July 2010.
• Listen and watch his video statement. 

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