Margate City Commission · Seat 1
Twenty-six years in law enforcement — military, municipal, and federal. Now asking to serve the city he lives in.
Army MP›Kansas City PD›Federal Service
Election Day · Tuesday, November 7, 2028
Michael Marquez spent twenty-six years enforcing the law in three different systems — military, municipal, and federal.
Military Police Officer
Officer, then Detective
Senior Safety and Health Officer, OSHA — retired
Three systems, one habit: read the rule, apply it the same way every time, and be able to explain the decision afterward. That is the standard he intends to bring to the commission.
Margate should not be packed with apartments. New development has to match what the city can actually carry — the roads, the schools, the water, the services people already depend on. If the capacity is not there, the approval should not be either. That is a question about infrastructure, and it deserves a straight answer before a vote, not after one.
He has done this job. He knows what officers need to do it well, and he knows what it feels like on the other side of the encounter. Both matter. Public safety is a question of staffing, training, and standards applied consistently — not a subject to be shouted about at election time and forgotten in between.
Residents should be able to find out how a decision got made and where the money went, without filing a request or decoding a budget document. If something cannot be explained to a resident in plain language, that is usually a sign the explanation is the problem.
The city needs leaders who have actually served the people and the nation. I have spent my career doing that. I want to use that experience to make a lasting difference in Margate.
Michael Marquez
Questions, concerns, or something happening on your street that the commission should know about — write to him directly.