JOHN E ALBION IN THE NEWS -------

Denied Coconut Road plan needs approval The News-Press, FL - Jan 27, 2006... The issue is the benefit to drivers and the study will guide us to that need. — John E. Albion is Lee County commissioner for District 5.

Southwest Florida Business Briefs for Jan. 23 Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Jan 22, 2006... along with a local road and infrastructure update by Commissioner John Albion. ... along with the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board of Lee County, is holding a ...

Lee County funds trolleys on Fort Myers Beach The News-Press, FL - Jan 17, 2006... of Fort Myers Beach officials, Lee County commissioners today ... The county voted 3 to 2 to pay ... Commissioner John Albion voted for LeeTran’s recommendation to ...

County delays Beach trolley verdict The News-Press, FL - Jan 10, 2006Lee County commissioners still don't know whether more visitors to Fort Myers ... Commissioner John Albion could not say what might happen after Beach leaders ...

Lee to go against Beach in funding trolleys The News-Press, FL - Jan 17, 2006Lee County commissioners Tuesday agreed to pay for enhanced trolley service on the Beach ... Commissioners John Albion, Ray Judah and Bob Janes voted in favor. ...

Transit plan may force tax The News-Press, FL - Jan 20, 2006... have more buses and extend more routes in Lee County so more ... that some aren’t just looking for the county to fund this,” Commissioner John Albion said ...

Transportation referendum to be proposed Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Jan 18, 2006... Charlotte County Commissioner Adam Cummings and Lee County Commissioner John Albion supported the idea during the December meeting, and the language of the ...

Pine Island growth on hold The News-Press, FL - Jan 17, 2006... overdevelopment and gridlock, the Lee County commission on ... a committee of three county staffers to ... who were present — Commissioner John Albion left early ...

Regional planning council agrees to referendum Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Jan 20, 2006... subcommittee meeting. Lee County Commissioner John Albion brought the item forward Thursday in Mercier's absence. The referendum ...

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County delays Beach trolley verdictThe News-Press, FL - Jan 10, 2006Lee County commissioners still don't know whether more visitors to Fort Myers ... Commissioner John Albion could not say what might happen after Beach leaders ...

Sprawl prompts summitThe News-Press, FL - Jan 9, 2006... of regional attractions and residential development in south Lee County has led ... At the request of Commissioner John Albion, the county hired consultant Kris ...

Teachers may get break on impact feesThe News-Press, FL - Jan 5, 2006Lee County may offer teachers a break on school ... County commissioners must vote to approve the changes ... Commissioner John Albion, the commission's liaison to the ...

Officials: Price of rock, fill dirt 'going berserk'Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Dec 15, 2005... "The cost of fill is going berserk," Lee Commissioner John Albion said, adding ... to grow, said Dave Loveland, head of transportation planning for Lee County. ...

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Boomers apt to want more, more, moreThe News-Press, FL - Dec 31, 2005... Meanwhile, Lee County will have to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars just to pay for road ... "Let's be realistic," said Commissioner John Albion of the ...

Southwest Florida Business EventsNaples Daily News (subscription), FL - Jan 1, 2006... the office, multifamily, industrial, retail and hospitality markets along with a local road and infrastructure update by Lee County Commissioner John Albion. ...

Planners want state to spend extra sales tax revenue on road ...Naples Daily News (subscription), FL - Dec 26, 2005... also be sent to MPOs and county commissioners throughout the state urging them to ask legislators for the same thing, Lee County Commissioner John Albion said. ...

Whatever Happened To: Southwest Florida Expressway AuthorityNaples Daily News (subscription), FL - Dec 25, 2005... Dave Loveland, head of transportation planning for Lee County. Officials had expected the study to be done last May, said Lee Commissioner John Albion, who was ...

Golden opportunity gone

Re: "Lehigh lots slip away," Jan. 6. This excellent report exposed Lee County government's biggest local failure of the past decade and our community's biggest challenge.

Shame on the Lee County Department of Community Development and the county commissioners. They lost a golden opportunity to secure desperately needed land for public use in Lehigh. Just three years ago, more than 23,000 lots were on the delinquent tax rolls, ripe for acquisition. We will live with the consequences of this lack of foresight for generations.

And Lee County government continues to fritter away the few Lehigh parcels left for schools, parks, shopping centers, green space, water recharge.

Led by out-of-touch Commissioner John Albion, the board is recklessly rezoning hundreds of acres of Lehigh farmland designated for public use, for high-density, multi-family projects. This residential growth at the expense of open space fuels the fire; it must be slowed while a community plan is devised.

But, as the citizens of Pine Island know all too well, even a good growth management plan is no guarantee that these county commissioners will abide by it. Unfortunately for Lee County citizens, "Smart Growth" really means that if you're smart enough to be a big developer, you're smart enough to dictate where all the growth goes.

JIM FLEMING
Lehigh Acres

IS THIS ONE OF ALBION'S MANY PRIVATE DEVELOPER MEETINGS

GROWTH SUMMIT
• What: Ben Hill Griffin/Corkscrew Road Growth Summit
• When: Scheduled for late February
• Who: Representatives of development, government and community groups. Event will not be open to the general public.

"I feel very strongly that when we accepted the university and airport — regional facilities — we have the obligation to make sure the area has regional access," Albion said.

So were is Lehigh???? doesnot Lehigh need access to the university, airport and regional facilities -- You as Lehigh's Commissioner has have the obligation to make sure the area has regional access


Albion said "I'm not going in close-minded. But to date, the numbers we're looking at put a degree of fear in you. You've got to get on your horse and get these projects going."

So the question is Mr. Albion why are you causing more problems to the community??