Dispute over school board candidate’s residence decided by State

MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS

State says Dade schools candidate's boat is home

State prosecutors this week found no evidence that a School Board candidate does not live within his district boundaries; his boat qualifies as his permanent residence.

Posted on Thu, Jul. 24, 2008

BY KATHLEEN McGRORY

kmcgrory@MiamiHerald.com

With a month to go before the Miami-Dade School Board elections, incumbent Martin Karp is questioning his challenger's address.

In fact, Karp insists the man vying for the seat he now holds in District 3 -- in the northeast end of Miami-Dade -- does not live within its boundaries, or worse, has committed tax fraud.

School Board candidate Shawn Beightol, a high school science teacher, maintains he lives full-time on a sailboat docked near 7910 West Dr. in North Bay Village -- well within the district -- and owns a condo in North Miami, outside the district. [More]