Judge John Stargel (L) Credit: Photo via Sen. Kelli Stargel/Facebook
Retention of Hillsborough District Court of Appeals Judges
Judge John Stargel sided with now infamous Judge Jared Smith in an appeal over Smith’s decision to deny a teenager an abortion, in part, because of grades. For that alone, he should go bye-bye, along with Suzanne Labrit, Matt Lucas and Craig C. Villanti.

Patricia Joan Kelly: Yes
Nelly N. Khouzam: Yes
Suzanne Y. Labrit: No
Matt Lucas: No
Robert Morris: Yes
Travis Northcutt: Yes
John K. Stargel: No
Craig. C. Villanti: No
See all of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s election 2022 endorsements on this handy ballot cheat sheet.

This article appears in Oct 20-26, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...