Florida county officials try to eliminate public comment on development

By: Craig Pittman

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 2,158

Last Updated: 1 day, 13 hours ago


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“Reader’s Digest” always claimed laughter was the best medicine. In Lee County, laughter has also become a resistance tactic for people who want to keep their community free of ugly sprawl.

“There were no boos when a cadre of Lee County planners presented their re-write of an element of the Lee Plan to a packed house at the North Fort Myers Rec Center on August 25,” the Fort Myers News Press

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