What the Voters Need To Know: ECWCD Candidates

Editorial by Robert Anderson
Publisher The Lehigh Acres Gazette

In the ECWCD races you may want to learn who is supporting whom and why? ECWCD doesn’t always run smooth. Iis it because of special interests? Is it time for this community to stand up and say enough is enough and fight against special interest?

Seat 1

Neal Horrom – Former ECWCD Commissioner.  See his campaign reports click here

Dewey A Tyler – Former Businessman. See his campaign reports click here

Michael J Welch – Incumbent – Being supported by persons outside of Lehigh Acres including Political Action Committees out of Tallahassee.  See his campaign reports click here

Seat 3

Frank T LaRosa – Former Fire Commissioner, Former Lee Memorial Health System Director. Owes more than $5000 dollars in unemployment compensation he illegally received.  See his campaign reports click here

Kenneth K. Thompson – Local Attorney and the District Attorney for the Immokalee Fire District. See his campaign reports click here

Joseph L Whalen – Former CEO of the Lehigh Acres Chamber. See his campaign reports click here

Seat 5

Nathan Stout – Incumbent – Local CPA See his campaign reports click here

Edward Weiner – Community Activist – President of the LACPP See his campaign reports click here

Could it be time for a former ECWCD commissioner to get his job back and some other new blood on the local board?

The voters will decided on Nov 6, 2012.

Re-post from October 12, 2012