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Alfy is the founder of the West Indian Caribbean Culture and Sports (W.I.C.C.S). This non-profit organization teaches youth culture and sports. W.I.C.C.S has donated to various youth organizations in Palm Bay.

For the past 10 years, Alfy has personally contributed and volunteered at various events in the City of Palm Bay. He has donated fill dirt to the U.S Veteran Housing Project, white sand to the Sandbag Project in the hurricane seasons, and to the Mayor’s Ball to assist with food for the youth program.  As a proud resident of Palm Bay, Alfy has served on the Parks and Recreation advisory board, Community Development advisory board, and currently serving on the Code Enforcement board. I would like to share my 25 years of experience as a successful businessman and an entrepreneur in the City of Palm Bay.

I decided to run for mayor to see this city thrive to its potential. Together we can make it a better community. I am promoting sustainable growth in infrastructure and development in our beautiful city.

I will Promote and encourage investors and corporations to ultimately develop our vast area of open land to increase our tax revenue.

Develop, expand, and beautify the bayfront area. (downtown Palm Bay) to encourage investors to come in and increase our tax revenue.

These increased revenue funding will

1. Provide Job opportunities for the workforce in Palm Bay.
2. Enforce public safety by having a better budget for our police and fire department.
3. Modern parks and provide better lighting for the youths in recreational areas.
4. Promote formal restaurants and nightlife to encourage residents of Palm Bay and visitors to spend more time in our city.

1. Provide better roads for rural Palm Bay and maintain current roads.
2. Provide New streetlights for safety and peace of mind.
3. Protect the health and welfare of our citizens and protect the environment.

I will use my valuable experience to achieve realistic goals, I am “Alfy” Alfred Ramsey Agarie, the future Mayor of Palm Bay with your support.

Our community needs an honest voice, for the people, to trust.

     I served one term as Chairman of the Board of the Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce, and 18 months as the Chamber’s Government Affairs Director.

     As a small business owner, I founded two small computers and Internet companies and received the Palm Bay Chamber Small Business of the Year award in 2007.  I’m currently retired.

For enjoyment, I perform solo acoustic guitar and vocal shows for charitable organizations and for those living in assisted living facilities.  My wife and I have two fully independent adult Children, and there are 4 generations of my family that reside in Palm Bay.

    I’ve decided to run for seat 3 as I believe that we, the Citizens of Palm Bay deserve better.  Better leadership and experience that will work tirelessly on your behalf.

My main concern is for the citizens of Palm Bay.  We all moved to the bedroom community by choice.  Most of us were simply looking for an affordable, safe, and quiet place to raise our families or retire. 

Palm Bay was built as a bedroom community and since its inception, each person that has run for office wanted to change that, some wanting to turn us into another Orlando.  Attempting to be something we’re not, were not designed to be, and abolish the bedroom community we all chose to move to.

I also believe that growth should be organic.  Millions of our tax dollars have been wasted in the name of economic development with limited results, and zero to little return on investment.  I intend to stop this practice.  We can’t buy or tax our way to prosperity and certainly can’t try to do so by placing heavy tax burdens on the City’s taxpayers.

I’m aware of the condition of our infrastructure and fought tirelessly to remove the draconian assessments that were instituted by the City Council in 2017.  Resulting in the first Citizen initiated petition to reign in the City Council and their spending.  While at the same time injecting a solid plan for fixing the Palm Bay roads.  For as long as I’ve been here people have talked about fixing Palm Bay’s roads, and now we are doing it by a Voter approved road bond program, rather than being dictated to fund this with additional assessments levied by Council.

Property rights are a major concern, and I have every intention of working to abolish ordinances and regulations that restrict what a property owner may or may not do on their own property.  One example of that is a recent rule that you can’t park a vehicle on your own grass and are not allowed to park on any unimproved lot, even if that’s the reason you purchased that vacant lot.  Presently this council is working towards further restrictions to further erode our property rights.  I’ll be working to oppose any new restrictions, and remove those that are presently in place.

     My vote is your vote. I will not hesitate to set my personal bias aside and cast a vote that is aligned with a majority of the Citizen. That’s called representation. 

     I strongly believe in Government of, by, and for the people…not the moneyed interests.  I’m asking for your vote and support, so together we can move forward without putting our families, friends, neighbors, and those on fixed or limited incomes in financial jeopardy.

Please feel free to contact me by phone or email anytime.

Thomas Gaume                               
321-557-4700
tom@gaume.us

https://www.gaume.us