Tomorrow is the big day!
I just want to say thank you to everyone who has worked so hard and supported this campaign, and also thank all the people of this district who have gotten and involved themselves in the election by either coming out to the various events or voting early.
And if you haven’t done […]
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A group of business owners from downtown Fort Myers (The River District) organize as the Art and Entertainment Proprietors’ Alliance to be heard at the City Council. At issue is a six year old ordinance that bans 18-20 year olds from entertainment establishments that serve alcohol within the city limits.
While this is an issue […]
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 Lately, we’ve been concentrating here on the campaign and getting qualified, but now that we’re over that hurdle, it’s time to start getting back to the issues.
This past Saturday, Joe Capasso from WINK TV stopped by our office for a brief interview. The story, Who needs a party? I’m running for Congress! served as a great […]
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The increased crime and high vacancy rates in Lee County merited a mention this month in The Atlantic in an article entitled The Next Slum?Â
The article’s prediction of suburban flight back to urban areas leading to suburban slums may seem dire, but even if it proves true in general, there are a number of important factors that can […]
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I want to thank the League of Women Voters of Lee County for inviting us to their meeting yesterday.
Candace A. Morin, Director of Mental Health Court, made an impassioned presentation about the need for us to to take better care of the high risk kids in our community, and Lee County Commission Chairman, Ray Judah, also spoke as […]
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This past week has been a busy one, and we have a few videos to prove it.
Sunday, we attended the second meeting of the  Student Progressive Alliance of FGCU, and the raw video, part 1 and part 2, is up now.
Tuesday we went out to Immokalee and talked with Jordan Buckley about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Raw […]
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I’d like to thank everyone involved in the Fort Myers, FL, Ward 3, Neighborhood Watch meeting I attended tonight: Elite Electrical Contractors for allowing us to use their conference room and getting involved, the members of the Lee County Sheriff’s Department and the Fort Myers Police Department who attended, and of course my neighbors who have orginized to keep our […]
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The Coconut Road scandal just won’t go away as Sen. Coburn calls for a full Coconut Road Investigation.
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I wanted to begin what we plan to be a series of profiles of local businesses with my good friend, Ahmed Al Haddad, Pharmacist and owner of Weaver’s Corner Pharmacy in North Fort Myers, FL. Nobody takes better care of his customers than ‘Al’, but as he points out “There is something wrong here” with […]
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 Coconut Road is in the news again today…
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