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To the Editor: I am Mark Futch, and I am asking for your vote for Charlotte County Airport Authority. This year’s electoral cycle is a call for change, nationally and locally. The entrenched interests of overpaid, self-promoting, life-long politicians should not be accepted in Washington, D.C. or Charlotte County. I am running for office because […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN As of Tuesday, Aug. 16, there were 125,715 active registered voters in Charlotte County, of which 55,163 were Republicans. There were 35,798 Democrats, and 34,754 people registered with no party affiliation, according to the Charlotte County Supervisor of Election’s website. Because of Florida’s closed primary system, voters must be registered in […]
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BY SUE ERWIN – The Aug. 1 deadline for changing parties or registering to vote in this month’s primary prompted nearly 1,600 phone calls to election offices on the final day, and thousands of people changed parties to maximize their vote. About 8,800 people changed parties in Lee County since June, mostly to Republican, Lee County […]
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■ BY DICK ANDERSON I am Dick Anderson, and I am a candidate for the Lee County Commission District 3. My candidacy is motivated by the legacy we will leave to our children and grandchildren. Are we the generation that will preside over irreversible damage to our unique fisheries, waterways, and natural landscape through uninformed […]
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association (GICIA) is extremely pleased to report that demolition of the Old Mercabo Conference Center and its surrounding structures is well underway.
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Charlotte County has determined that the “slow speed/no wake” zone in the area of Gasparilla Sound and the Intracoastal Waterway will soon be expanded to include the area of the railroad trestle sandbar, a very popular place for boaters to hang out.
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported the latest numbers for sea turtle nests on Friday, July 1, 2016. As of July 1, there were 474 loggerhead (caretta caretta) turtle nests and 4 green sea (chelonia mydas) turtle nests on the island. Also, 634 false crawls (turtles that emerge on to […]
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■ STAFF REPORT The Barrier Islands Parks Society (BIPS) has obtained a commercial building permit from Lee County for the Gasparilla Island Light, and now the last step will be a final NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act) review. This can take up to two weeks, but according to BIPS Executive Director Sharon McKenzie, “The Coast […]
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■ BY SUE ERWIN The slamming of thick steel doors, locking them shut behind armed officers in green uniforms, is enough to ensure cooperation from most visitors who enter the halls of the Charlotte County Jail. “Welcome to the rock,” said Captain Norm Wilson to a group of local media representatives during a tour of […]
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE As of press time on Thursday, June 23 two bodies have been recovered in the search for a family of four missing in nearby waters, and it’s possible the sailboat has been located as well.