{"id":159260,"date":"2026-02-18T02:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159260\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:59:08","slug":"fort-myers-beach-adds-john-mclean-to-council-for-land-use-expertise-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159260\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers Beach adds John McLean to council for land use expertise | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS BEACH &#8211; The Fort Myers Beach Town Council has appointed John McLean to fill a vacant seat, bringing his expertise in land use and planning to the table.<\/p>\n<p>McLean, who previously served on the Fort Myers Beach LPA Advisory Committee, will help guide the island through its ongoing recovery and redevelopment. Town leaders believe his experience makes him a strong candidate for the role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;John is great because he comes from our LPA Advisory Committee, which is a committee that deals with the land use on the island, which is a really hot topic, obviously. So he comes in with a wealth of experience,&#8221; said Abigail Eberhart, Town of Fort Myers Beach PIO.<\/p>\n<p>McLean will serve on the council until November and has announced plans to run to keep the seat. Voters will decide who will represent them moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS BEACH &#8211; The Fort Myers Beach Town Council has appointed John McLean to fill a vacant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325,115],"class_list":{"0":"post-159260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}