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The post came from activist Randy Scott, who runs the\ngroup People Of SWFL<\/a>, who\nhas heavily criticized plans for a new fire station in Lehigh Acres. As Roach\nhas an appropriations\nbill<\/a> filed seeking $5 million in state funds for the station, that\u2019s\nmade the North Fort Myers Republican a target of Scott\u2019s ire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSpencer, he doesn\u2019t like the fact I\u2019m making headaches and\nexposing some of his activity,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what more to\nsay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott took surveillance video of deputies at his door and made a video complaining about Roach calling the cops. The\u00a0video, which includes a picture of Roach with a Hitler-mustache photo-edited on, was shared on Scott\u2019s Facebook group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roach said he expects public criticism but a certain post\ncrossed the line. It came shortly after a U.S. drone killed Iranian\nGen. Qassem Soleimani. The post read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe middle east crisis are not that complex to grasp when\nyou understand what goes on here with (State Attorney) Amira Fox,\n(Sheriff) Carmine Marceno, (Sanibel Mayor) Kevin Ruane, Spencer Roach\nclaiming leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is a small cabal running these politicians as\npolitical seat warmers and on occasion one of these benefactors peeks out at\nthe Baghdad airport and is addressed permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo now the Iraq parliament is in turmoil as it is forced to\nshow Iran was controlling the parliament all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are getting close and closer to the day of reckoning for\ndomestic enemies being brought to justice and they know it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roach called the Sheriff\u2019s Office over the complaint and asked it to be investigated as a threat. He provided Florida Politics with a statement explaining his course of action, and why he considered Scott, in particular, a threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lehigh Acres Gazette has tried to reach out to Roach several\ntimes on Friday but NO return calls or emails from him or his office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We could print Roach\u2019s response he give Flapolitics.com but\nafter some research, 4 out 5 statements were bogus in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018As a champion of the 1st Amendment, I encourage spirited debate, welcome criticism, and enjoy political satire,\u201d said Roach (for Flapolitics.com )<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSpencer Roach deflects with his fairy tales of conservatism,\u201d Scott said <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott dismissed Roach\u2019s actions as lacking in leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSpencer(\u2018s) real conclusion in his statement should be \u2018I am a buttercup\u2019 caught in the world of liberalism hiding in a fake Republican swamp!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent post on a Facebook group was enough to prompt state Rep. Spencer Roach to call the authorities. The post came from activist Randy Scott, who runs the group People Of SWFL, who has… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":45703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32,36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/81732320_1552422461582259_1140303019540217856_o.jpg?fit=1024%2C806&ssl=1\")
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