Candidate Petrella Report - Was John Pertrella at Dallas' Cathedral of Hope???

 

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Austin, Texas drag queen Brigitte Bandit reads a book during a drag time story hour at The Little Gay Shop fashion accessories store on Aug, 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. © Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America/TNS

Dallas’ Cathedral of Hope holds service blessing drag queens amid protests  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dallas-cathedral-of-hope-holds-service-blessing-drag-queens-amid-protests/ar-AA1gRosS

Story by Joy Ashford, The Dallas Morning News • 16h

Cathedral of Hope, a Dallas church, drew protests Sunday for inviting drag queens onto its stage for a blessing during their 10 a.m. service.

Around 40 people protested in front of the church’s property with signs and megaphones condemning LGBTQ people.

The church held its blessing ceremony to mark Dallas Pride and respond to Texas Senate Bill 12, commonly called the “drag bill.”

 

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Homophobe John J. Petrella Brings his Hate Fest to the Campaign for City Council

 

City Council candidate John J Petrella brings his anti-Trans homophobic hate page, the Medford Observer, smack dab in the middle of Medford politics. Two years ago Petrella ran for mayor with disastrous results: Candidate Profile: John Petrella, Medford Mayor First-time candidate John Petrella shares why he is running for mayor in 2021. He clearly doesn't know how to dress the part in the photo the Medford Patch published: https://patch.com/massachusetts/medford/candidate-profile-john-petrella-medford-mayor

 

Petrella was so insignificant zero votes were noted in the final tally with 137 write in votes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VqFagOTElDZR3iWh5TbZMTHXtnI5v2S6/view?pli=1 : Incumbent Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn over challenger City Councilor John Falco, topping him by 1,584 with 32 percent of the registered voters casting ballots. Lungo-Koehn garnered 7,352 votes to Falco’s 5,768 votes. 

 

In the September 14, 2021 preliminary election Petrella got a mere 17 % of the vote and was knocked off of the Nov. 2 ballot, Now the worst-dressed candidate is running for city council in 2023: https://patch.com/massachusetts/medford/medford-preliminary-election-results-polls-close

Nearly half of voters cast a ballot for Lungo-Koehn, followed by Falco with close to 35 percent of the vote. First-time candidate John Petrella received 17 percent of the vote.  

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