Fort Myers Beach Councilwoman Karen Woodson has filed an appeal of a Lee County Circuit Court decision which dismissed her lawsuit to stop the recall election of her seat. The motion filed by Woodson seeks a stay in the Nov. 4 recall election from the trial court pending her appeal to an appellate court or an order allowing the recall election to proceed but for the results of the recall to be tallied but sealed and only released to her, former Fort Myers Beach Ray Murphy (who heads the committee to recall Woodson) and the Lee County Supervisor of Elections pending her appeal to an appellate court.
Meanwhile, former Fort Myers Beach Councilman Bill Veach has filed a motion to reconsider to the Lee County Circuit Court over Judge Kyle Cohen’s ruling against the request to dismiss a lawsuit from Fort Myers Beach Councilman John King to stop the recall election against his seat.
Cohen found that one of the three allegations against King was not legally sufficient to meet the state statute for a recall due to the vagueness of the allegation. The allegation in question revolves around whether King acted outside his authority to influence the termination of town contract employees.
Cohen found that the allegation was too vague and didn’t name which employees were terminated. Michael Pizzi, the attorney for Veach, countered in a motion to reconsider that the law does not require more specificity.