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Letter to the Editor: New Fort Myers Chamber CEO has glaring conflict of interest

Lee County Commissioner Brian Hamman was recently named president and CEO of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce.


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  • | 9:30 a.m. August 2, 2022
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I respect and like Lee County Commissioner Brian Hamman. He was the voice, with the late Frank Mann, in the map he offered that could result in a minority-majority district and keep Dunbar intact. Even though his counterparts wouldn’t pass it.

But I cannot wrap my mind around the thought process that went into approving and hiring Brian Hamman as CEO of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce. Brian: you cannot serve two masters. Private business and government need to have a separation of powers.

I was raised in a family of attorneys, judges and others who held public office. Morals, ethics and conflict of interests were well ingrained in my upbringing. 

 


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