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Fire chief predicts millage rate hike if homestead exemption referendum passes

Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth is forecasting millage rate hikes if a state referendum to increase the homestead property tax exemption up from $50,000 to $250,000 passes in November. While the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District Board of Fire Commissioners approved Wirth’s ...

Crescent Beach Family Park to reopen Wednesday

Lee County Parks & Recreation is scheduled to reopen Crescent Beach Family Park on Fort Myers Beach this morning following the completion of a restoration project that rebuilt and enhanced the beachfront park after damage caused by Hurricane Ian. The $1.3 million project restored the ...

SWFL News

Arrest report details shootout on I-75 between officers and suspect

An arrest report from the Florida Highway Patrol filed with Lee County Court details how officers took a man sought in a St. Petersburg homicide into custody following a wild shootout after a standoff on I-75 that shut the highway down for hours outside of Fort Myers last Wednesday. The ...

Libertarian Party of Lee County to host two candidate forums

The Libertarian Party of Lee County will hold two forums in the upcoming weeks to provide a platform for 2026 Candidates and School Board Candidates to address the community. With a school board meeting scheduled on Monday, Aug. 3, the Libertarian Party of Lee County aims to engage with ...

FHP arrests homicide suspect in Lee County

State troopers took a man sought in a St. Petersburg homicide into custody following a standoff on I-75 that shut the highway down outside of Fort Myers Wednesday, and which has widely been reported to have involved guns being fired. The Florida Highway Patrol has released little information ...

Local Columns

Guest Commentary | Property tax reform amendment threatens conservation measures

In an abbreviated two-day special session on June 1-2 to discuss property tax reform, the Legislature passed the governor’s proposed state constitutional amendment to increase the existing property tax homestead exemption from the current $50,000 to an eventual $250,000. The amendment, which ...

Editorials

New poll question for Fort Myers Beach Observer Do you support the proposed state constitutional amendment up for referendum to give homestead property owners an exemption from local municipal government taxes for up to $250,000 of their property's value?

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