County, local officials blast Lake Okeechobee plan By NATHAN MAYBERG / nmayberg@breezenewspapers.com - | Jul 28, 2021 NATHAN MAYBERG Lee County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kevin Ruane listens to Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter as Lee County Manager Roger Desjarlais looks on behind him on July 28 at the Lee County Administration Building in Fort Myers during a meeting with Col. Andrew Kelly, commander of the Jacksonville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lee County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kevin Ruane sat across from Col. Andrew Kelly, commander of the Jacksonville district of the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, in the Lee County Administration Building conference room and denounced the plan Kelly brought forward to manage Lake Okeechobee releases.