Why Did Rood File to Run For Town Council?

Eddie Rood, who owns a home on the south end of Fort Myers Beach, has filed the paperwork to run in the November 4th recall election of John King and Karen Woodson. As of today, Rood is the third person to file.

Rood is probably best known for his years-long fight with the town to construct a long walkover from his house to the beach over the Critical Wildlife Area. After being denied for years by previous Town Council’s, and filing several lawsuits, the walkover was approved, ironically, when Karen Woodson and John King were elected three years ago. 

Why is he running? “I made the decision to run when I realized that there was not another prospective candidate on the pro development side of the current controversy. I am not in favor of the recall movement, but if it is successful there needs to be a pro development candidate so that both sides are represented equally. I believe it’s best if future development is approached in a reasonable manner with common sense. Each project needs to be looked at individually and common sense applied in the decision-making process. I am in agreement that there are areas that have different needs, and thus need to be developed accordingly. We need to be responsible, but the entire island is not one-size-fits-all. I believe we need to be reasonable and move FMB forward.”

Rood joins Tom Brady and Rebecca Link who filed to run in the recall earlier this week. All three are hoping to replace King and Woodson if the recall is approved by a majority of the voters on November 4th. It will be the first recall of elected officials in the history of Lee County.

The seats King and Woodson occupy are up for election in November of 2026

Councilman King will be on Beach Talk Radio at 10AM Sunday at Wahoo Willie’s. Rood will be on the show at 10:30. Rebecca Link will be on our show Saturday, September 27th on our first show back on the terrace at Margaritaville. 

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