Lehigh Acres Fire Dept -- The Good / Bad and the Ugly

The Lehigh Acres Fire District, a special taxing district, was created by a special act of the Florida Legislation in 1963. Its charter may be amended only by special act of the legislature. The governing authority of the District is a board composed of five members elected from residents of the District. During the past 4 decades we have been a part of the many advances in fire and life safety in our region.

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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Allowing civilians on fire truck is wrong

To the Editor,

What right does Commissioner Steve Haas have to take a Lehigh Acres brand new fire truck on joy rides with civilians on board. He gave civilians a ride on the fire truck at a town hall meeting, in which nine people showed up, on Saturday, Aug. 13.I don’t doubt he is capable of operating the type of vehicle in North Fort Myers. Does this mean any commissioner can just jump into a vehicle and joy ride? Was this vehicle in service and was it insured to have civilians riding on it?What if one of those on the joy ride was injured, God forbid. If they had been broadsided on Joel Blvd., who would pay the bills? It was really a dumb move on his part. Remember November is not far away and we the taxpayers can take back control of our fire department.

H.R. Doidge
Lehigh Acres

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