Marco City Council election

Healing open wounds may be the first order of business for the newly elected Marco Island City Council once everyone takes his seat in March. That goal ranked at or near the top of everyone’s list following Tuesday’s election, in which the entire slate of four candidates supporting sewer completion were elected in a monumental victory. Full story »

Tuesday’s election was a historic one, with 72 percent of Marco’s 12,327 voters turning out to cast ballots in what was possibly the most bitterly divided race in the city’s short history. Full story »

With one exception, the candidates who were successful Tuesday in their bids for seats on the Marco Island City Council were also the candidates who were most effective at the money game. Full story »

A complaint filed with the Florida Elections Commission was rejected just a week after it was filed, though the resident who lodged the complaint says he plans to amend it and resubmit it by the Feb. 7 deadline. Full story »

Tuesday’s City Council elections on Marco Island was historic for more reasons than simply a vote to continue the island’s biggest ever project. Full story »

The first cork popped at 8:15 p.m. at the party for the four pro-sewer City Council candidates on Marco Island. Supporter Pat Neale came out to the crowd at the Shoppes of Olde Marco and shouted, "We are done and we have won!" once over 90 percent of the vote totals in Collier County were counted. Full story »

As election results slowly trickle in, the mood is tense at Konrad's restaurant on the southern end of Marco Island. Early voting numbers revealed that present anti-sewer candidates were behind their adversaries by about two to one. Full story »

Editor's note: These are the unofficial election results of the Marco Island City Council election, Naples City Council election and the Naples mayoral election from the Collier Supervisor of Elections. Please note these are not the final results. The results will be updated as they come in. Full story »

After heavy early voting on Marco Island, the flow of voters to polls is a slow trickle this afternoon. Still, poll workers say the flow has been steady, and expect turnout to be high, reaffirming predictions by the Collier County Supervisor of Elections office. Full story »

Editor's note: Today the Daily News Staff and Marco Eagle Staff will be conducting exit polls throughout the day at area precincts. The results are based on voters willing to share how they voted. Vignettes from polling places follow: Full story »

Tuesday marks the end of the road for the 16 people running for Marco Island and Naples city councils. Some will take a seat on their respective councils, while others will spend the next four years trying to make a difference from the other side of the council dais. A combined eight seats — four on Marco Island, and four, including the mayor’s seat, in Naples — are up for election Tuesday. Full story »

The Florida Elections Commission has declared a citizen's complaint against a Marco Island corporation "legally insufficient" in a letter dated Jan. 24. Full story »

No issue looms larger in Tuesday’s Marco Island City Council election than the plan to replace the island’s remaining septic tanks with a central sewer system. Of the eight candidates in the race for four council seats, four have vowed to halt the seven-year program that costs individual homeowners around $20,000 to connect to the sewer system. The other four candidates want to finish installing the sewers. Full story »

Below the surface there are questions regarding whether Marco will remain a city at all. Councilman Ted Forcht, who has two years remaining on his term, broached the idea during an October council meeting. During a discussion of the city’s financial situation in light of potential cuts due to property tax reform, Forcht asked: “Can we afford to be a city anymore?” Full story »

Marco Island resident Bill McMullan has filed a complaint with the Florida Elections Commission alleging a violation of elections laws by the group Celebrate Marco Inc. His claim is that members of the group are actively participating in the elections process in Marco Island’s City Council race, including taking sides on controversial issues and endorsing candidates. Full story »