{"id":14205,"date":"2012-10-31T21:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T03:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=14205"},"modified":"2012-10-31T21:16:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T03:16:20","slug":"what-the-voters-need-to-know-ecwcd-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/10\/what-the-voters-need-to-know-ecwcd-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Voters Need To Know:  ECWCD Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editorial by\u00a0Robert Anderson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher <em>The Lehigh Acres Gazette<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/what-the-voters-need-to-know-lehigh-acres-fire-board-candidates\/election-2012-logo-300x3001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14089\" title=\"Election-2012-logo-300x3001\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Election-2012-logo-300x3001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Election-2012-logo-300x3001.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Election-2012-logo-300x3001-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In the ECWCD races you may want to learn who is supporting whom and why? ECWCD doesn\u2019t 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?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seat 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neal Horrom<\/strong> \u2013 Former ECWCD Commissioner. \u00a0See his campaign reports click<a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=56995\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dewey A Tyler<\/strong> \u2013 Former Businessman. See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=57330\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael J Welch<\/strong> \u2013 Incumbent \u2013 Being supported by persons outside of Lehigh Acres including Political Action Committees out of Tallahassee.\u00a0 See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=56067\">here<!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seat 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank T LaRosa<\/strong> \u2013 Former Fire Commissioner, Former Lee Memorial Health System Director. Owes more than $5000 dollars in unemployment compensation he illegally received.\u00a0 See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=57257\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth K. Thompson<\/strong> \u2013 Local Attorney and the District Attorney for the Immokalee Fire District. See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=58667\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph L Whalen <\/strong>\u2013 Former CEO of the Lehigh Acres Chamber. See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=55576\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seat 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nathan Stout<\/strong> \u2013 Incumbent \u2013 Local CPA See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=56753\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edward Weiner <\/strong>\u2013 Community Activist \u2013 President of the LACPP See his campaign reports click <a href=\"http:\/\/election.dos.state.fl.us\/candidate\/CanDetail.asp?account=55777\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Could it be time for a former ECWCD commissioner to get his job back and some other new blood on the local board?<\/p>\n<p>The voters will decided on Nov 6, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Re-post from October 12, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial by\u00a0Robert Anderson Publisher The Lehigh Acres Gazette In the ECWCD races you may want to learn who is supporting whom and why? ECWCD doesn\u2019t always run smooth. 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