On June 3rd the Fort Myers Beach Town Council will appoint Egret Street resident Jim Dunlap to fill the open seat on the Local Planning Agency. The seat came open when Patrick Vanasse stepped down last month after serving for 5 years. Dunlap was the only qualified candidate to apply for the seat.
Kristi Thornton applied for the seat earlier this week. However, Thornton is not a resident of Fort Myers Beach therefore she is not eligible to be appointed to the LPA. The town’s code states: all members must be residents of, or owners of real property located within, the territorial limits of the Town of Fort Myers Beach at the time of application for membership on the local planning agency and during the period of service on the local planning agency. Thornton lives in the 33931 zip code on San Carlos Boulevard, however, that is considered Lee County.
Thornton told Beach Talk Radio, she has a lot of good ideas and she’s just hoping for a chance to help, even if it’s volunteering. “In the strategy and innovation world, I am considered to be an abstract design thinker. I believe FMB needs someone like me right now. It is my hope that local town politics don’t get In the way of hiring the best minds for the right jobs.”Â
The deadline to apply was May 15th.
Last month we interviewed Dunlap on Beach Talk Radio. You can watch that interview HERE.
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