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.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Barrett Win Likely

Barrett Win Likely
By By Justin St. Clair
jstclair@lehighnewsstar.com
Originally posted on November 16, 2006 4:40pm


Julie Barrett appears to have beaten incumbent Steven Haas by one vote in
the race for Seat 2 on the Lehigh Acres fire board.

After a machine recount last week, Julie Barrett led incumbent Steven Haas
by only two votes. That margin slipped to a single vote after a manual
recount.

Lee County Elections officials and a team of about 50 temporary workers
counted printouts of each electronic ballot by hand, along with provisional
and absentee ballots, Supervisor of Elections Sharon Harrington said.

The hand recount was completed Wednesday, with the exception of provisional
ballots. Final official results are expected Friday. Check out lehighnewsstar.com for these results late Friday afternoon.

Initial returns had Barrett leading Haas by nine votes, which spurred the
recounts.

posted by Editor Facts & Myths | 6:37 AM