Southern Action League municipal election of Taranto, when Mario Cito, son of Giancarlo, won 20.2% of the votes as candidate for Mayor. In the 2009 provincial election of Taranto, the party won 10.6% of the vote, while supporting the candidate for President of The People of Freedom (PdL). In the 2012 municipal election of Taranto, Mario Cito won 18.9% in the first round and 30.3% in the run-off, losing to incumbent Mayor Ippazio Stefano. In 2014 the party joined Forza Italia, but later re-gained its autonomy. In the 2017 municipal election in Taranto the party won 10.8% of the vote and its candidate,
James Taranto His final "Best of the Web Today" column was published on January 3, 2017, after he became editorial features editor. Before joining the "Wall Street Journal" in 1996, Taranto spent five years as an editor at "City Journal". He has also worked for the Heritage Foundation and "Reason" magazine. He pursued a degree in journalism at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) but "never bothered to graduate" after "conflict with teachers and professors". While attending CSUN, Taranto worked as news editor and also as one of two opinion page editors for the "Daily Sundial" student newspaper. On March 5, 1987, Taranto