In St. Petersberg Monday Governor Ron DeSantis announced he was using his executive powers to terminate all local COVID-19 orders, effective immediately. The governor also signed a bill limiting local governments’ ability to shut down businesses and schools during an emergency.

If you are up for a little alligator hunting this year the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has all the details about applying for alligator harvest permits and the upcoming fall hunting opportunities.

The Kiwanis Club of Fort Myers Beach has donated items from their BUG Program (Bringing Up Grades) to the Beach Elementary School. Unlike a traditional honor program where only “A’s” are rewarded, this program rewards and recognizes students who improve their grades.

In an e-mail, sent on the same day as Gore's, former town council member Joanne Shamp also took issue with the public safety committee survey stating it is poorly designed and lacks credibility due to the ability to bias results. Here's Shamp's full e-mail...

Fireworks and construction. The 4th of July Fireworks returns this year, after a one-year hiatus to prevent the spread of COVID, and, a historic groundbreaking that will transform Fort Myers Beach that's been 6 1/2 years in the making.

Former Mayor Tracey Gore is upset that the current town council is allowing people who have never set foot on our island fill out the public safety survey the public safety committee started circulating last week. "That's crap," she wrote to the council in an e-mail. 

At the request of the owners of Myerside resort, a vote by the town council to approve or deny a zone change from Residential Conservation to Commercial Planned Development was delayed. It's back on the agenda for Monday.

The Sanibel-Captiva Chamber is hosting a virtual luncheon Chauncey Goss and James Evans on Wednesday, May 12th at 12:00pm. Goss is Chair of the South Florida Water Management District Board, Evans, the SCCF environmental policy director.

On Episode #163 Turtle Time Director Eve Haverfield and Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation Wildlife Director Kelly Sloan join us to talk turtles. In the second half of the show the new VP for Restore The Arches Jamie Kouba. Join us in the live studio audience at Pete's Time Out Saturday.

U.S District Court Judge Sheri Chappel did not mince words when she denied the town's request to dismiss Eddie Rood's Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuit.

Jan Fleming and Janeen Paulauskis have been nominated for the Fort Myers Beach Citizen of Distinction Award for their #WeAreFMB campaign. The award recognizes an outstanding citizen who's made an exceptional contribution to the town. The winner is are chosen by the town council.