It has been alleged that Carmine Dipaolo, the mayor of Indiantown, does not reside at the address he provided to the Village of Indiantown as part of his election paperwork he filed nor to the Supervisor of Elections for his voter registration.
According to Mr. Dipaolo’s bio on the Village of Indiantown website, Mr. Dipaolo “chose Indiantown as his permanent home after serving 29 years in law enforcement, 28 years of which were for the Martin County Sheriff’s Department.”
He was elected to the Village of Indiantown as a council member in 2022.
His address of record when he filed to run in 2022 was 16274 Four Wood Way in Indiantown.
The property is a co-op located in Indianwood Golf & Country Club. It is owned by Marta Giambrone, who had a personal relationship with Mr. Dipaolo.
Indianwood Golf & Country Club is a 55+ manufactured home community managed by Legacy Communities.
Their bylaws very specifically state “No portion of the lot or home may be subleased, rented or leased by Resident, nor occupied by any person(s) by or through a rental/purchase option or such other similar lease of the lot.”
Mr. Dipaolo recently filed to run for re-election using this same address.
Except there are three sworn signed affidavits that have been filed with the Supervisor of Elections in Martin County by individuals who state that Mr. Dipaolo does not live at this residence.
Martin County Press has seen these affidavits, one of which is from the community manager stating explicity that Mr. Dipaolo does not reside at the address being used.
Out of respect for the presumably pending investigation that will take place, we are choosing not to publish them.
HAS THIS HAPPENED IN MARTIN COUNTY BEFORE?
In 2018, it was alleged that then candidate Martin County Board of County Commissioners commissioner Stacey Hetherington did not live in the District (District 2 – Stuart area) in which she was running. She was documented living in Palm City, based on her homesteaded property information.
She won her election on November 6, 2018. However, it was found after someone hired a private investigator that she still lived in her residence in Palm City.
Thanks to two of her donors, she was able to secure two private mortgages in the amounts of $150,000 from Roger Pennington and $143,000 from Don Mancil. The mortgage agreements were zero money down and zero interest.
On August 21, 2025, Ms. Hetherington took out a mortgage in the amount of $303,000. Both of the loans to her respective mortgage grantors have been satisfied.
It has been stated privately this was done so that Ms. Hetherington, who is expected to run for re-election, would not have to defend the zero interest rate private mortgages.
At this point, Ms. Hetherington has not filed to run for the District 2 seat, nor has any challenger.
ANYONE ELSE?
Kylie Micciche is running for the City of Stuart – District 3 seat. The seat is currently held by Eula Clarke.
Ms. Micciche moved to her current resident in Stuart in April 2025 from Fort Pierce.
Prior to her move she posted on social media the following screenshots. These are from December 20, 2025.
This screenshot is from April 3, 2025, stating she, at that moment, still resided in St. Lucie County.
The posts / comment state clearly that she lived in St. Lucie County but was moving to live specifically in the City of Stuart.
When asked why she didn’t stay in St. Lucie County to run, she stated “I actually was trying to stay in fort pierce or Psl. It just wasn’t affordable for what I was looking for. They wanted $1800 for a spot in the hood 😅 Many of my clients were already here in Stuart so I was driving from fort pierce to go to Martin County.”
When asked if she moved to Stuart specifically to run for office, she said, “It provides me no benefit to run here in Stuart all of my friends, family and connections that I have built for the last I don’t know 20 years cause that’s how old I am all in St. Lucie County. It literally does not benefit me at all to run here I decided to run for for city commissioner just a few months ago, so I was already moved here and decided that I wanted to run, but I don’t really care about the allegations. What matters to me is what’s factual.”
She went on to say, “I know absolutely nobody here. I literally have to start from the ground up to build any kind of face here to get elected. I think if I was doing something so strategically, I would definitely stay where I’m very well well-known.”
According to the City of Stuart charter as confirmed with the City Attorney, any elector of the city who has maintained continuous residency within the City of Stuart for more than 12 months immediately preceding the election in which he or she seeks office shall be eligible as a candidate for the office of city commissioner.
In addition, Reasonable evidence that a prospective candidate actually lives in an abode in the city shall be required by the city clerk as a condition to qualifying. Once elected, the commissioner shall maintain continuous residency in the City to continue their service in office.
Assuming she moved in to the City as she attests she did around this time last year, should she be elected, she would be eligible to serve as a City of Stuart Commissioner based on what she has provided or will provide to the City Clerk, if asked.
AND WHAT ABOUT MR. DIPAOLO?
The affidavits have officially been presented to the Martin County Supervisor of Elections specific to Mr. Dipaolo’s eligibility as a voter.
The process follows State Statute 98.075, which dictates the guidelines as they relate to eligibility of voters in the state of Florida.
The complaint will be investigated by SOE staff including reaching out to Mr. Dipaolo to address the claims. He will have 30 days to respond.
If it is determined his voter registration has been determined that he is an ineligible voter, he will be allowed to appeal, as provided by State Statute 98.0755, where the case “may be taken to the circuit court in and for the county where the person was registered.”
Should he attest that this is, in fact, his residence, he will need to also address the signed and notarized affidavits stating he does not live there. Because both sides cannot be right.
Should it be pursued, the use of the address by Mr. Dipaolo as a candidate will require a separate investigation by the Florida Elections Commission.
We will continue to follow this story.