Tom Brady and Rebecca Link (pictured) have officially filed to run in the Fort Myers Beach recall election which will be held on November 4th. More candidates are expected to file this week.
Brady and Link are hoping to replace John King and Karen Woodson if the recall is approved by a majority of the voters.
Brady has been a full-time resident of Fort Myers Beach since 2018. He told Beach Talk Radio News why he’s running. “After thoughtful consideration—and with the support of my wife, Sally, along with encouragement from many Fort Myers Beach residents, both those who signed the recall and those who did not—I am running for Town Council. My goal is to restore honesty, integrity, and community to Fort Myers Beach. As we approach a recall election, voters deserve real choices and responsible leadership that puts residents on a more than equal footing with other island stakeholders.”
Brady has been a big part of Protect FMB which is the group hoping to convince a judge to send the Seagate/Red Coconut approval back to the Fort Myers Beach Town Council for a second look. Protect FMB has raised tens of thousands of dollars to pay attorneys to fight the Seagate proposal. To date there has been a lot of back-and-forth court filings between Protect FMB and the town and Seagate. Both sides are now waiting for a judge to decide whether the Town Council followed their Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code in approving the Seagate project or whether the Town Council should take another look at the project and possibly take another vote.
The seats King and Woodson occupy are up for election in November of 2026
We have invited both Link and Brady to come on a future show to talk about why residents should vote for them. Watch our Facebook page for breaking news when more candidates announce their plans to run. John King will be our first guest on our Sunday show at Wahoo Willie’s. King will be on the show at 10AM followed by the Mayor at 10:30AM.
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This Town Council certainly needs more members who will actually follow the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development code CONSISTENTLY as they were voted in to do!! Had these members voted consistently with compliance to the Comprehensive Plan, maybe they would not be in this recall situation and I’m not just talking about Seagate. I’ve heard folks say, Hurricane Ian changed everything, including the vision for the town. Well, if that’s true, then shouldn’t the first step have been to re-write the Comprehensive Plan with input and direction from the residents and tax payers to provide a roadmap for rebuilding, decision making and future growth?? This town council appears to have their own agenda and do not LISTEN to many residents who voted them in. They “pretend” they are acting in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan but when areas of a proposed development blatantly don’t comply, they just add conditions and exceptions to it to justify voting in favor of it!