UpdatedMon, Feb 22, 2021 at 4:45 pm CT Replies(6) Darien City Council candidate John Laratta maintains a residence in an eight-story condominium complex in a Tampa suburb along the Gulf of Mexico, according to government records. (Google Maps) This is the view from the condominium complex where Darien City Council candidate John Laratta maintains a residence in Redington Beach, Fla., according to government records. (Google Maps) DARIEN, IL — Earlier this month, Darien City Council candidate John Laratta wrote in a Patch candidate questionnaire that he had "retired to Florida." Candidates for municipal office must live in the cities they seek to represent. Laratta's statement prompted Patch to give a closer look at whether he lives in Darien or Florida.