Lehigh Acres Florida: June 2005

Sunday, June 26, 2005

June 23 marks horror

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June 23 marks horror

For the next 40 or 50 years, people will be able to recall exactly where they were and what they were doing on Sept. 11, 2001.

Do you think anyone will recall June 23, 2005? Probably not, yet this is the day that the government decided it had the right to confiscate private property. The Supreme Court has done with a pen what no country on Earth could have done with an army: taken our land from us.

The horror of 9/11 was instantly visible. The horror of 6/23 is yet to be recognized.

BOB MORLEY, Lehigh Acres

Printed in the Ft. Myers News-Press 6/26/05

More land being sold in Lehigh

Lakeview Village I LLC and Lakeview Village II LLC sold 49 acres off Williams Road in Lehigh Acres to Lehigh Lakes Residential Joint Venture for $8 million.

Kathy Morgan of Land Development Services Inc. negotiated the transaction.

Ketul Patel and Nikita Amin purchased a 0.2-acre commercial site at 2520 Meadow Road, Lehigh Acres, from William Foss for $48,000.

Frank D'Alessandro and Tom Woodyard of D'Alessandro & Woodyard, Commercial Realtors, represented the seller and Kevin Rosenthal, also with D'Alessandro & Woodyard, represented the buyer.

Saturday, June 25, 2005

The Downfall of our Republic -----

The Downfall of our Republic -----

We should all be terrified of this Supreme Court!!! The 5-4 ruling went against the owners of New London, Conn., homes targeted for destruction to make room for an office complex. Now, the government can take away your home any time it wants to build a shopping mall!!! Maybe this won’t be a problem in Mud, Montana ...but I see this as being a REALLY big problem here in Lehigh Acres, and most of Florida!!!! Folks, we should all be terrified of this Supreme Court -- this handful of lawyers in black robes systematically stripping us of the democratic society that our Founding Fathers intended for us. This latest ruling regarding "eminent domain" changes the meaning of the 5th amendment, which clearly states that property could only be seized for public use, not private. This ruling opens the floodgate for any *corrupt* local politician (and we all know our own local politicians are pure as the wind driven 'slush'....right?) to authorize the seizure of anyone's private homes or businesses OR CHURCHES as long as they make the argument that it is going to "improve" the property by causing it to generate more tax revenue. I hope that everyone clearly sees that this redistribution of wealth "for the public good" is socialism, pure and simple. The local papers need to print the opinions written by the majority and also the dissenters -- everyone needs to read it! As Sandra Day O'Connor said in dissent, ** "The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result". *** How long will it be before the government starts seizing church properties because they aren't generating tax revenue for the city?

This decision is both dangerous and disastrous. The precedent it sets essentially allows the greed of the politician and powerful developers to strip individuals of their property. It ends the concept of individual private property ownership as the US now joins the ranks of third-world nations where governments can seize property to satisfy their agendas. Think about it... does ANYONE own a property that could not be redeveloped for higher tax revenue? Where might it end? Will we one day be facing this scenario: "Your property qualifies for homestead exemption. By removing you and making your property an investment for some corporation, the government will realize additional tax revenue... so...GET OUT!" Giving the politicians a vehicle to line their pockets by stripping individuals of their property is just another evidence of the downfall of our Republic. It scares the daylights out of me!

Robert Anderson
President
Lehigh Acres Watchdog, Inc

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Hurricane Proof Home

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Hurricane Proof Home

Reported by Fox 4 News 6/21/05

(Lee County , FL) -- There's a new type of residential construction gaining popularity in Southwest Florida. The builders say it will give you a hurricane proof home. It's called high-density concrete. It was originally used in commercial and high-end home construction. But skyrocketing concrete block prices are making high density concrete more affordable for everyone. The homes only take about 120 days to build, compared to between 6 and 12 months for a concrete block home. Built with high density concrete, fiber-filled precast walls, they withstand 235-mile an hour winds, a category 5 hurricane. Whether concrete block homes can stand up to a catagory 5 hurricane is uncertain. The high-density concrete construction does seem to be environmentally friendly. The manufacturer says it can save you up to 30 percent on energy costs, plus there's little to no wasted material on job sites because the exterior walls have been pre-fitted. Builders tell FOX 4, both start at a base price of about 100-dollars a square foot.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Lee Elected Officials continue to vote for developers

Why do our Lee Elected Officials continue to vote for developers that plan Residential Planned Developments in Lehigh Acres --- the following link is to the Florida Governmental Utilities Authority website –

http://www.fgua.com/contents/2004_FGUA_CAFR.pdf

in this report it states that Lehigh is over capacity on wastewater removal -- Period ---

Also

See page 69: figure vii-39, shows a low depression where figure V-2 (p 16) shows Lehigh as one of the high spots. The trouble in discussing hydrology is that it is so easy to over generalize--having noted that, given the height of the Acres, you would expect a lot of recharge as a general expectation. The depression means the water that could go to recharge is instead "not recharging." fast forward to figure vii-53 (p 72), and you see a reason why--the canals are taking much of the water away. Hmm, that makes the community more habitable, but without recharge, how long will it stay livable.

http://www.leecounty.com/dcd1/Downloads/Documents/
Studies_Reports/GroundwaterResource/GR&M.htm
But they the Commissioners keep changing the landscape of Lehigh Acres WHY?

On the latest rezoning -- Sunrise Lakes off Homestead Road the Commissioners voted 4-1 for the development -- our own commissioners voted against Lehigh and for the developer (Land Solutions / Development Solutions) WHY?

Voting record on Sunrise Lakes -----

BOB JANES for project

DOUGLAS R. ST. CERNY for project

RAY JUDAH against project – do to infrastructure issues in Lehigh Acres he stated

TAMMY HALL for project

JOHN E. ALBION for project

Water Woes

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Water Woes -- By Fox 4

(Lehigh Acres, FL) -- People living in Lehigh Acres will soon be paying assessments to hook up to water and sewer. Some warn it's needed before the water supply is contaminated by all the wells and septic tanks going in. A report done for Lee County last year does say there is the potential for groundwater to get polluted. There's talk of assessing residents a few thousand dollars per hook-up. There will be a public information meeting to discuss where the lines will go and how much each resident will pay Thursday, June 29th at 11:30 in the morning at the Admiral Lehigh Golf Resort.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

We have a major issue in Lehigh Acres

We have a major issue in Lehigh Acres – and it’s so serious it could jeopardize everyone in Lehigh. Lee County Government just completed a new ground water study but it shows that Lehigh Acres is discharging too much water down stream through the ECWCD canal system and it’s not recharging our own ground water -- this makes the community more habitable, but without recharge, how long will it stay livable? In the old days, getting rid of the water was what was wanted. Now with all the private wells going in Lehigh (and some of our older wells even drying up) and FGUA working on an interlocking system with Lee County Utilities for portable water, we are in the danger zone. We did such a fine job of getting rid of the water in SW Florida we now need a national effort to fix our fix.

My main question -- what is the ECWCD Chairman Desmond Barrett going to do about this one? We need a long term plan with feasible goals to fix these issues today. We can not afford a politician that flip – flops from one issue to another without resolving anything. What can we expect from him? We can’t wait any longer; it’s too severe of an issue for the health and welfare of the citizens, residents, voters & stakeholders of Lehigh Acres.

Response from the ECWCD Chairmam ----

From Mr. Anderson's Letter. (in orange)
that Lehigh Acres is discharging too much water down stream through the ECWCD canal system.

At East County this flow rate that Mr. Anderson is speaking about is monitored by staff on a weekly bases. As this is a function related to the Southwest Florida Water Management District permit. If flow rates are to high the water is held back or diverted to other areas. If not the district would be faced with a fine for discharging to much water down the orange River Basin.

Mr. Anderson is right. The East County Water Control District must work with outside agencies to solve this issue, which we have been. In 2004 a study was done by AIM Engineering that addressed this problem. The board spoke about widening our canals near Harns Marsh (next to Sunshine) , and other canals in the Southeast portion of the district to expand the water capacity in the area, along with supporting man made lakes that would tie into our system, thus helping recharge the aquifers. A pilot project was supposed to be developed by the staff and brought back to the board of supervisors. This project is supposed to be approved sometime this fiscal year. The district board is wading for staff to bring this proposal to the board for a vote. But with the recent storms the project was delayed due to structure failure related to the storms last fall.

Also, water quality has become a concern to our district. We have testing sites throughout the district on our canals that test for water quality. District staff and our engineering firm has meet with the Lee County Health Department concerning contamination of our drinking water due to septic and wells. The district is addressing this issue with staff, and also our local leaders at the county. Any support that we can get from the citizens would be very helpful in solving this health issue.

As always, thank you for your input and feedback on the East County Water Control District.

Desmond Barrett; Chairman

Now – Chairman Barrett brings up the most important issues --- contamination of our drinking water and the contamination of the canal system in Lehigh Acres do to fecal bacteria generated by private septic and wells systems. And the other issue -- ECWCD structure failure – why hasn’t the Chairman pushed harder the get this structures that 20, 30 and even 40 years old fixed – instead his working on a Adopt a Canal program in which would spend a minimum of $34,000 of your tax payer money just on signage. Couldn’t this money be spent on helping resolve the contamination issues or even trying to fix a structure that is going to fail?

Sincerely,

Robert Anderson
President
Lehigh Acres Watchdog, Inc

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Lehigh Chamber claims to have the numbers to support incorporation. Or do they?

The Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce recently published a survey where our of 109 members of the Chamber who responded to their survey [out of the 350 they sent out], a whopping 68% stated they support the incorporation of Lehigh Acres.

It appears to say the people of Lehigh want to be incorporated. But when you look at what these numbers really mean, it tells a different story.

So let's pull this apart and look at it:

68% of 109 people: is 74.12 people, so we'll just say 75 for the sake of discussion.

Now there are about 50,000 people in Lehigh Acres [at the last estimate]. And of course the Chamber never bothered to ask the community as a whole, and I have to wonder why?

Let's get back to the 75 members of the Chamber who want incorporation. Our population is around 50,000 and 75 people isn't even one percent [it works out to .0015, which is .15% ].

So, according to the chamber, 68 % of their survey wants to be incorporated, which, in reality is 15% of Lehigh Acres.

Nothing like a little junk science to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Monday, June 13, 2005

Law needs new focus

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Published by news-press.com on June 13, 2005

Law needs new focus

We have had 73 traffic deaths in Lee County this year so far — a record pace. Some of these could possibly have been avoided if law enforcement were more worried about speeders, red-light runners, people who weave through traffic to get to the stop light first and the like, rather than seeing whether people have their seat belts on.

In my opinion, that should be the right of that person, as not wearing a seat belt has never killed anyone except the person not wearing them, not other people in other cars.

If you want a good example check Lee Boulevard, where the speed limit is 50 mph, and see how many people pass you. You will probably be driving by yourself. Is this a seat belt problem? I hope our law enforcement people change their focus to the real law breakers.

HOWARD HAMILTON, Lehigh Acres

Sunday, June 12, 2005

Housing prices beyond the reach of many in the past two years.

LEE COUNTY

Problem:
A boom in second homes and coastal Florida real estate have pushed housing prices beyond the reach of many in the past two years.

Solutions:
The county commission has created a community land trust and set aside $1 million to be spent on affordable housing. County officials also are talking to major employers for input and looking into a variety of other ideas, such as arrangements in which a portion of a tenant’s rent would go toward a down payment on a house.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Lehigh Acres, Florida from Wikipedia

Lehigh Acres, Florida from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Lehigh Acres is a census-designated place located in Lee County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 33,000. Now at 63,000 people

Geography
Lehigh Acres is located at 26°36'30" North, 81°38'21" West (26.608403, -81.639224)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 248.6 km² (96.0 mi²). 245.8 km² (94.9 mi²) of it is land and 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.14% water.

Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 33,430 people, 12,707 households, and 9,250 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 136.0/km² (352.3/mi²). There are 14,486 housing units at an average density of 58.9/km² (152.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP is 84.30% White, 8.79% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.84% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.77% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. 13.36% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 12,707 households out of which 32.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% are married couples living together, 10.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% are non-families. 22.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.62 and the average family size is 3.03.

In the CDP the population is spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP is $38,517, and the median income for a family is $42,492. Males have a median income of $30,202 versus $21,935 for females. The per capita income for the CDP is $17,186. 7.7% of the population and 5.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 11.5% of those under the age of 18 and 7.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

History of Lehigh Acres ---

Lucky Lee Ranch -- Lehigh Acres starts

Lehigh Acres was the first post World War II Florida retirement community to be built, and now 40 years later it is still growing.

Lehigh Acres got its start in the mid 50's when Chicago businessman Lee Ratner needed a tax shelter. He had sold his pest control business, and he faced the possibility of losing most of his earnings to the sky-high capital gains tax of that era.

Ratner heard that cattle was a good investment for people in his predicament, and he bought 20,000 acres (80 km²) of land in eastern Lee County and named it the Luckey Lee Ranch.

After ranching for a while, Ratner envisioned this as a new community. It is due to his foresight that Lehigh Acres has become the well balanced, thriving community it is today.

Since the days of Lucky Lee, the boundaries of Lehigh Acres have stretched to cover 100 square miles (260 km²) and the pasture land where Ratner's cattle roamed has been divided into quarter and half-acre (1,000 and 2,000 m²) lots for housing with larger tracts along major thoroughfares, such as Homestead Road And Lee Boulevard, set aside for stores and business. Now Lehigh Acres has over 152,000 lots.

A RESOLUTION OF THE LEHIGH ACRES WATCHDOG, INC. ENDORSING AND RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF THE “FLORIDA HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY” AMENDMENT TO THE FLORIDA CONSTI

A RESOLUTION OF THE LEHIGH ACRES WATCHDOG, INC. ENDORSING AND RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF THE “FLORIDA HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY” AMENDMENT TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION

Whereas: Overdevelopment has become a significant threat to the quality of life of citizens in communities throughout the State of Florida;

Whereas: Overdevelopment has already had a major negative impact upon numerous quality of life issues such as school overcrowding, traffic congestion, public safety, taxes and tolls;

Whereas: Public safety has been affected due to overdevelopment particularly along Florida’s coastal areas and the resulting reduced capacities for any immediate or urgent emergency evacuation;

Whereas: Overdevelopment has placed additional economic burdens upon public agencies and ultimately the taxpayers through an increased need for costly public infrastructure construction and expansion projects;

Whereas: Special interests have frequently influenced and obtained changes in comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances such as to facilitate overdevelopment without regard for the consequences to the public interest; Whereas: Existing procedures and policies for making upward changes in limitations set forth by comprehensive plans has appeared to work more to the benefit of special interests than to the public interest, and Florida’s citizens have had an inadequate opportunity to effectively participate in fundamental decisions that would potentially produce major changes in a community and its quality of life;

Whereas: The United States Supreme Court has stated that “Under our constitutional assumptions, all power derives from the people, who can delegate it to representative instruments which they create. In establishing legislative bodies, the people can reserve to themselves power to deal directly with matters which might otherwise be assigned to the legislature.” (City of Eastlake v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 426 U.S. 668 (1976).

Whereas: The Florida Supreme Court has held that “The concept of referendum is thought by many to be a keystone of self-government, and its increasing use is indicative of a desire on the part of the electorate to exercise greater control over the laws which directly affect them.” (Florida Land Company v. City of Winter Springs, 427 So.2d 170 (Fla. 1983).

Whereas: Just one year ago, the Supreme Court of the United States held in a unanimous decision that the people retain the power to govern through referendum “with respect to any matter, legislative of administrative, within the realm of local affairs.” (City of Cuyahoga Falls vs. Buckeye Foundation, 123 S.Ct. 1389 (2003).

Whereas: The proposed Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment seeks to allow the people of Florida to reserve to themselves the final decision on changes to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for future development of their communities;

Whereas: Florida’s communities belong to the people who live in them, and the citizens should have the right to vote to decide upon any major change in laws that form the framework for future development in their cities and towns; voters should have the ability to directly participate in regulating the scale of future development and in the potential to prevent overdevelopment of their home communities;.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The Lehigh Acres Watchdog, Inc; having dedicated its own policies to preserving the scale and integrity of the community of Lehigh Acres and INFORMING THE CITIZENS OF LEHIGH ACRES ON good government, smart growth and to preserve the great town of Lehigh Acres for years to comE; hereby finds it in the public interest to favorably recommend passage of the proposed statewide Hometown Democracy Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida. Signed Robert John Anderson Chairman – Lehigh Acres Watchdog, Inc

Bad Car Lot

Recently I had to purchase a new used car for my wife – because of transmission issue with one our current cars. Because I’m one of these people who believe you need to support local business’ – we went to Lehigh Acres Newest Car Lot AutoWebCars.com on Sunshine Blvd – Was quoted a very fair price on a 2001 car, told the salesman I would have to come up with the down payment – a week later saw the same sales men and management and I saw the same agreement, but this time the original price was scratched out and a addition thousand dollars was added to the price -- then come the battle of them vs my wife and I --- The car lot manager can not justify the price increase just wanted to give us a lecture on repo vehicles – This is not what Lehigh Acres needs – we need business’ in town to be truthful and fore right with all there clients. So we left and went to Joyce Allen’s Midtown Auto Sales and purchased a beautiful 2000 vehicle with less mileage – I personally would like thank the office manager at Joyce Allen’s Auto Sales for her professionalism and kindness and I pity the sales people that have to work for this non- professional, not caring manager/owner at Autowebcars.com

Robert Anderson President Lehigh Acres Watchdog, Inc

A good list to have !!!!

FL STATE SENATORS

Senator Dave Aronberg Dist. 27 Phone: 239 479-8201 Fax: 239 338-2648 2120 Main Street Suite 209 Fort Myers, FL 33901-3010 Email: Dave@Dave Aronberg.com

Senator Mike Bennett Dist. 21 Phone: 1-800-500-1239 or 1-941-727-6349 Fax: 1-941-727-6352 3653 Cortez Road West Suite 90 Brandenton, FL 34210 Email: Bennett.Mike.Web@FL Senate.Gov

Senator Burt L. Saunders Dist.37 Phone: 239-417-6220 Fax: 239-417-2663 3301 East Tamiami Trail Naples, FL 34112 Email: Saunders.Burt.Web@Flsenate.Gov

FL STATE REPRESENTATIVES

Representative Paige Kreegel Dist. 72 Phone: 1 941 575-5820 Fax: 1 941 575-5822 410Taylor St. Punta Gorda, FL 33950 EMail: Paige.Kreegel@myfloridahouse.Gov

Representative Jeff Kottkamp Dist. 74 Phone: 239 344-4900 Fax: 239 344-4901 3501Del Prado Blvd. Suite 305 Cape Coral, FL 33904 Email: Jeff.Kottkamp@ My Florida House.Gov

Representative Trudi Williams Dist.75 Phone: 239 433-6775 Fax: 239 278-0922 5621 Banner Dr. Ft. Myers, FL 33912 EMail: Trudi.Williams@myfloridahouse.Gov

Representative Bruce Kyle Dist.73 Phone: 239 335-2411 Fax: 239 433-6773 2120 Main Street Suite 208 Fort Myers, FL 33901-3010 Email: Bruce.Kyle@My Florida House.Gov

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER

Commissioner John Albion, District 5 Phone: 239 335-2225 Fax: 239 335-2892 2120 Main Street Fort Myers, FL 33901 Email: Dist5@Lee Gov.Com

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

Lehigh Acres Citizen Phone: 368-3944 Fax: 368-2775 25 Homestead Rd N; Suite 53 Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 Email: citizen936@hotmail.com

Lehigh Acres News-Star Phone: 369-2191 Fax: 369-1396 1280 Lee Blvd. Lehigh Acres, Florida 33936 Email: MHudson@ LehighNewsstar.com

News-Press Phone: 335-0362 Email: lehighnews@news-press.com

SOME FLORIDA FACTS TO CONSIDER

The only value that reigns omnipotent in Florida is —Growth.“ But do Floridians matter?Does the future of Florida matter? SOME FLORIDA FACTS TO CONSIDER: *According to the St. Petersburg Times and the Florida Chamber of Commerce, among the states, Florida is: 40th in median household income 49th in per capita spending on education 47th in state employees per capita 41st in total spending per capita next to the highest crime rate

*Every day Florida‘s population increases by 834 people: Florida‘s population is now greater than 16 million. Florida added 3 million people in the 1990‘s. In 1990 the population was about 13 million; in 1980 it was 9.7 million; in 1970 its was 6.8 million; in 1950 it was 2.7 million; in 1900 it was about 528,000. Florida‘s population is increasing at a faster annual rate (2.35%) than Mexico (1.95%), India (1.8%) and Haiti (1.73%). 85.3% of Florida‘s population growth in the 1990‘s was the result of migration, both from within the U.S. and from foreign countries.

*Every daily batch of new migrants: Daily consumes an additional 140,946 gallons of water Daily converts an additional 417 acres of rural land to urban use Daily requires an additional five new classrooms Daily occupies an additional seven prison beds Daily results in two more miles of roads

SOME FLORIDA QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT: Do Florida‘s long-time residents benefit from this population explosion? Are the benefits and losses of explosive population growth spread evenly throughout the community? Who are the big winners? The big losers?

What has Florida«s obsession with ƒeconomic development≈ and ƒgrowth≈ achieved besides the creation of an ever-growing, ever-needy, under-served, relatively poor, uneducated population? Continuously diminishing municipal services Continuously increasing demand for municipal services Sky-rocketing crime Low tax base Gridlocked roads Over-flowing schools Destruction of rural communities Destruction of wildlife and wildlife habitat Destruction of Florida‘s once abundant water supply Environmental ruin Ever diminishing quality of life for residents

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Understand that —growth,“ as it is practiced and promoted in Florida, does not translate into progress. Demand accountability of your local and state officials. Ask them to demonstrate how their relentless promotion of growth for growth‘s sake makes your life better. Talk to your friends about the necessity to stabilize Florida‘s population, through curtailing of in-migration from other states and reduced immigration from outside the U.S. Demand that the obsession with —growth“ be replaced with a state and local focus on the quality of life of Florida‘s long-time residents.

Monday, June 06, 2005

LEHIGH ACRES FLORIDA

A Town of 63,000 people --------

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