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Muwakkil agreed that the NAACP had stayed longer than the lease agreement would allow.  "We definitely have been in violation. The lease agreement, it says four years, this might be our 13th year," Muwakkil said.  "That wasn't the issue on us being evicted. It was the method that we cared about, that did not sit right with us." The NAACP was among five entities that had overstayed the four-year maximum set by the Fort Myers CRA . At its Feb. 17 meeting, commissioners voted to end the tenancy of the five groups effective March 31. The motion to terminate the leases was made by member Lis...

City council votes against proposal to address homelessness in Fort Myers Published: March 1, 2021 11:01 PM EST Recommended A plan to help the homeless in our community failed approval. The partnership would have set up a homeless camp. Fort Myers City Council voted against forming a partnership with Lee County and The Salvation Army after a heated discussion during its regular meeting Monday. Most of the council felt a proposal was moving people experiencing homelessness from one place to another without a solution. People who spoke up at the meeting said this was an attempt at a bandage fix...

Fort Myers faces over $500,000 in fines for sewage in city water Published: February 10, 2021 6:58 PM EST Updated: February 11, 2021 3:33 PM EST Recommended Fort Myers leaders are negotiating with Florida Department of Environmental Protection after the City was accused of numerous environmental violations that have it on the hook for upwards of $500,000 in fines. Florida Department of Environmental Protection sent a draft order to the City of Fort Myers because of sewage found in city water. Mayor Kevin Anderson spoke to us, and he is not happy to learn about this hazard being found. “Outr...