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Snow Plows Not Required

Pine Island has lots of tractors, but dedicated snow plows we don't have.

Resurfacing Key Evacuation Routes

Lee Commissioners approve contract to resurface two key evacuation routes to be more resilient

Fort Myers, FL, Feb. 3, 2026 – The Lee Board of County Commissioners awarded a contract Tuesday to resurface two key roadways in western Lee County to be more resilient to erosion and washout while improving drainage and reducing long-term maintenance costs.

Intermittent Lane Closures During Overnights on Matlacha Drawbridge

Lee County DOT asks motorists to be aware of temporary, intermittent lane closures during overnight hours only on the Matlacha drawbridge in February

Project to repair hurricane-damaged bridge continues

Intermittent Lane Closures for Matlacha Drawbridge

Intermittent lane closures on the Matlacha drawbridge for two days in late January

Project to repair hurricane-damaged bridge continues

Fatal Accident Near Pineland Turn-off

UPDATE:

Lavender’s Landing Boat Ramp to Reopen Soon

Lavender’s Landing boat ramp to reopen earlier than expected
Boaters welcome to use site beginning Friday

Fort Myers, FL, Nov. 20, 2025 – Lavender’s Landing Boat Ramp, located at 7290 Barrancas Ave. N.W. in Bokeelia, will reopen earlier than anticipated. The ramp will be open to the public starting at 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21.

Household Chemical Waste Collection Nov. 15 on Pine Island

Fort Myers, FL, Oct. 29, 2025 – Pine Island and Matlacha residents will be able to safely and responsibly dispose of household chemical waste, such as leftover paints, cleaners, herbicides, pesticides, automotive fluids and pool chemicals, on Saturday, Nov.15, 2025.

The collection, hosted by Lee County Solid Waste in partnership with Lee County Parks & Recreation, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at Philips Community Park, 5675 Sesame Drive, Bokeelia. Drop-off is an easy, drive-through process available to all residents at no charge.

Lee Commissioners Approves Pursuing Acquisition of Pine Island Parcels

Fort Myers, FL, Sept. 16, 2025 – The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a two-tiered acquisition priority matrix for potential Conservation 20/20 properties, clearly identifying those properties with greatest environmental importance and evaluation score.

Mobile Home Fire in Bokeelia

Bokeelia, 9-16-25, at Approximately 6:00 AM multiple emergency units from the Matlacha-Pine Island Fire Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Department responded to a multiple residential structure fire at The Palms at Pine Island on Stringfellow Road in Bokeelia

Franks Bobcat Services Raise Funds for Pine Island Elementary

For the 4^th year in a row, Franks Bobcat Services has sponsored their Annual 4^th of J

Repair to the Matlacha Drawbridge Approved

UPDATE 8-29-25 below: Lee Commissioners approve contract to repair the Matlacha Drawbridge
Bridge lanes will remain open throughout the project

Hurricane Preparedness Seminar at Pine Island Library

Lee County Emergency Management to present hurricane preparedness seminar on Pine Island

Bobby Holloway Fund Supports Matlacha/Pine Island Summer Camp

Bobby Holloway Memorial Fund supports Lee County Parks & Recreation’s Matlacha/Pine Island Summer Camp Program with theater trip and fishing gear

Lavender’s Landing Boat Ramp to Close Temporarily

From: Lee County Parks & Recreation;
Lavender’s Landing boat ramp in Bokeelia to close temporarily for renovations and parking improvements

Ramp remains open for upcoming Independence Day weekend

Lee Co Approves Repair to Pedestrian Facilities

Lee Commissioners approve contracts to repair pedestrian facilities damaged by Hurricane Ian

Fort Myers, FL, June 17, 2025 – The Lee Board of County Commissioners continued its commitment to repairing to the transportation network, including pedestrian facilities, damaged by Hurricane Ian, voting to approve two repair contracts.

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Little Known Facts

Who's The Real Enemy?
Average Prices as of 3/10/22
Russian's pay $.44 per gal. of natural gas & $2 a gal for gasoline.
The U.S. pays $5 gal + del for propane and $4.35 for gasoline
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UPDATE:
Temp Extremes
on Earth's surface
These ARE "everyday" & NOT Record Temps!
7-20-2016!
Iraq: 126deg. F.
Antartica: -91deg. F.
217 deg. spread
8-4-2021!
Samoa: 129deg. F.
Antarctica: -96deg. F.
225 deg. spread
4 deg. warmer
5 deg. colder
>In over 5 Years<
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Sea Levels in Pineland
have NOT gone up 1 inch in 50 years - But the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles away has risen 3 feet?
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The Dollar's Value IS Tanking!
'92-'05 ~ $400 oz.
2011 - $1800+ oz.
The Gold Story
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Money Isn't Counted
in Venezuela,
It Is Weighed:
10-31-16; Wall
Street Journal,
1 Doz. eggs, $150
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In 1757, Lomonosov fathered the theory crude oil originates from biological material. The Story
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Little Known Arab Facts The Story
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The REAL “Cellular Therapy” Story The Cell Story
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Read: Climate Change "Consensus" a Fallacy
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Read: Astronauts Object to Global Warming "Crisis" Assertion
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17,000+ children and teens are treated for lawn mower injuries each year. The Story

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Items of Note

4th of July, 2025 Parade - Video
HURRICANE IAN - Video
4th of July, 2024 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2023 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2022 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2021 Parade - Video
Common Sense American Patriot Dearly Missed -
Rush Limbaugh - Died 2-17-21
4th of July, 2019 -- Here for 4th of July, 2019 Parade video
ClamJamSWFL Video video link
PIN Upgrade -- Here for Upgrade Story
4th of July, 2018 -- Here for 4th of July, 2018 Parade video
4th of July, 2017 -- Here for 4th of July, 2017 Parade video
4th of July, 2016- Here for 4th of July, 2016 Parade video
Actual Photo of the Calusa Golden
Mask discovered over 40 years ago

Wisdom From 450 BC

Just in case you or anyone you know or heard of thinks they have had one original thought in their entire life. . .some technology excluded.

“The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents."
“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
"I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”

Quotes from Thucydides translated from the classic Greek text:
Born:460 BC, Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos)
Died:400 BC, place of death unknown
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and a general having fought in many Greek battles. Most notably fighting in and cronicaling the Pelopeneasean War in the fifth-century BC between Sparta and Athens manuscript of which he didn't finish for unknown reason. (more to come)

Relevant Quotes

The U.S. Constitution is just words on parchment. If no one protects and defends. . .protects and defends it, God won't bother.

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” — Thomas Jefferson

When accused of colluding with the Russians, Winston Churchill said, “If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself in the House of Commons."

". . .while the excesses of McCarthyism may be fairly described as a witch hunt, it was a witch hunt with witches, some in government.... " (Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 11th May, 2000)

"It (not being conclusively exposed until 1999) meant that he (Alger Hiss, assistant to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius under Franklin Roosevelt) could take pride in acting as Soviet agents in the United States were instructed by their handlers to act. Never reveal your covert existence, they were told; if exposed, categorically deny any complicity; if convicted (he WAS convicted with the help of Richard Nixon), strenuously maintain your innocence as long as you live... (G. Edward White, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars - 2004)

In 10,000 years no one ever sacrificed their arms, their legs, their family or their life for "progress."

Speaking of Iran's crude nuclear bomb technology and inaccurate delivery systems, "If I were the (west bank) Palestinians, I'd be a little nervous." --John Wohlstetter, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute

"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops. " --Salman Rushdie (On the death of Christopher Hitchens, Dec.,16, 2011) UPDATE 8-22 (See link)

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."...."To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare… The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."--Alexander Hamilton:

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill

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