I shall not seek the office of ECWCD Supervisor

I shall not seek the office of ECWCD Supervisor nor any other office in 2008. I will have served at that time, two terms on the ECWCD Board. I have always said I am not a politician, but a public servant. I do not rule out or in another run for the ECWCD board or another office in 2010 or 2012. _________________ Desmond Barrett

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Julie Barrett -----

Desmond Barrett's wife -- Julie ------offical running for Fire Board Seat 2

ZERO Dollars Raised so far ---

Lee County Commissioner ???

For the second quarter of his campaign for Commissioner

Zero dollars raised

but

Expenditures of $61.80 as a In-Kind donation for his Grandmother

so far

Mr. Commissioner need a little help

or are you even running??

Mr. Frank Mann the gentleman that Mr Barrett is running against

for Comissioner Albion's seat

has raised so far $ 78,979.79 dollars and spent only $641.05 to date

Whimsical flights of fancy is almost over

Spending your tax dollars on whimsical flights of fancy is almost over for Desmond Barrett as of January 23rd he will no longer be Chairman of the East County Water Control District.

Mr. Barrett chased his own rainbow and cost the tax payers time and money ------

1) Adopt A Canal Program -- even when their own attorney stated that there exists a possibility that there is an inherited liability cost to this project – Has cost the district 100’s of dollars in material and productive man hours with little in return.

2) Fiscal Year 2006 budget – Board finally agreed to no increase but left in health insurance benefits for the supervisors – WHY?

3) Why is the ECWCD in the road business – Why didn’t Mr. Barrett work on this project --- Road maintenance cost money but why not find a way to transfer ownership to the county?

4) We have a major issue in Lehigh Acres – and it’s so serious it could jeopardize everyone in Lehigh. Lee County Government just completed a new ground water study but it shows that Lehigh Acres is discharging too much water down stream through the ECWCD canal system and it’s not recharging our own ground water -- this makes the community more habitable, but without recharge, how long will it stay livable?

“Mr. Anderson is right.” stated by Mr. Barrett and also stated in a letter-- “The East County Water Control District must work with outside agencies to solve this issue, which we have been. In 2004 a study was done by AIM Engineering that addressed this problem. The board spoke about widening our canals near Harns Marsh (next to Sunshine) , and other canals in the Southeast portion of the district to expand the water capacity in the area, along with supporting man made lakes that would tie into our system, thus helping recharge the aquifers.” “Also, water quality has become a concern to our district. We have testing sites throughout the district on our canals that test for water quality. District staff and our engineering firm has meet with the Lee County Health Department concerning contamination of our drinking water due to septic and wells. The district is addressing this issue with staff, and also our local leaders at the county. Any support that we can get from the citizens would be very helpful in solving this health issue.”

Then why the delays????

Then let us work together as a community to resolve these issues --- that’s what politicians should be during uniting not spending.

County Commissioner Desmond Barrett ?????

So far from the Lee County Election Office Desmond Barrett has had ZERO dollars in contributions and ZERO dollars in Expenditures but received a $61.80 In-Kind donation for his Grandmother for Stamps, envelopes and printing ---


So is Desmod running or not --- Left us know soon -----

Julie Barrett ---------- the next political machine???

Is Julie Barrett --- Desmond Barrett wife going to run for Fire Board ????

Only time will tell ????

Headlines

MORE HATS IN THE RING

Former Lee County legislator and commissioner Frank Mann is officially in the race for the commission seat Albion is leaving.Mann, a Republican who lives in Alva, has just mailed his first round of fundraising letters and named a campaign chairman: car dealer Sam Galloway.

Republican Desmond Barrett of Lehigh Acres has also signed up for the race.

Adopt A Canal Program

So who’s running to ECWCD – not Desmond Barrett --- Mr. Barrett is spending your tax dollars on whimsical flights of fancy --- At the ECWCD meeting board on June 27th they voted 3 to 1 to approve the Adopt A Canal Program even when their own attorney stated that there exists a possibility that there is an inherited liability cost to this project and that the ECWCD could be sued if a volunteer gets hurts on district lands.

On June 29th Lehigh Acres Watchdog, Inc was the first group to sign up for a canal – BUT as of this release ECWCD still has not supplied the signs, poles, bags or vests to do the job my group volunteered to do per the contract.

Does Mr. Barrett wish to discontinue the program or does he want to sit back chase he rainbow to the county commission.

UPDATE -- Why did it take 3 1/2 months to get the signs -- signs were install on 10/11/05 WHY?? Why didn't Chairman Barrett check on his project until 10/7/05 -- is this a whimsical flights of fancy can we trust him as a County Commissioner -- You tell me?????????

Desmond Barrett Lee County Commissioner???

Desmond Barrett has filed to be a Lee County Commissioner -- Is this good or bad ???

Please comment today????

Barrett Flip - Flops again !!!!!!!! Can make up his own mind

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Chamber of commerce considers series of lectures on incorporation issues

Meetings meant to educate, not promote

By JUSTIN ST. CLAIR
JSTCLAIR@LEHIGHNEWSSTAR.COM
Published by lehighnewsstar.com on July 20, 2005



Desmond Barrett, who was once Lehigh's leading opponent of incorporation, has signed on to help the chamber plan the lecture series.

Barrett, 26, is chairman of the East County Water Control District Board of Supervisors. He founded the anti-incorporation group Citizens Against Increased Taxes in January 2004, but left in November.

He said he changed his position on incorporation after serving for several months on the Lehigh Acres Community Planning Corp., which is working with the county to plan for Lehigh's growth but has hit several roadblocks over the past year.