Editorial: Coletta in Collier, Janes, Judah, Mann in Lee

Republican nomination

It’s an easy choice in the Republican primary for the only Collier board seat up for voter review this year. Jim Coletta has been an outstanding public servant for the past eight years as the commissioner from District 5, which includes Golden Gate Estates, Immokalee and Everglades City. He is a friend to business and the underprivileged and everyone in between. He champions economic diversification and work-force housing for Immokalee and the rest of the county. He beats the drum for better roads, and gets results. He leads the fight for better drainage as well as sensible flood maps that save constituents money on their homeowners insurance. He lobbies for impact-fee deferrals for social agencies that ease the costs of services for taxpayers. He has helped guide land-use planning at and around Ave Maria.

And there is more work to do.

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