Known for activism, political gadfly faces lawsuits, federal investigators

Alfie Oakes, who balances business with pointed opinions, is facing legal problems after creditors say a bill is unpaid and his home is searched by federal officials.

By Louis Llovio
| 5:00 a.m. November 27, 2024
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Alfie Oakes

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For years now, headlines surrounding Collier County farmer and businessman Alfie Oakes have centered on his sometimes controversial political rhetoric.

Whether it is urging businesses to buck vaccine mandates, criticizing the Black Live Matter movement while openly embracing the MAGA movement, putting urinal cake with President Joe Biden’s face on them in his store or arranging for busses to take Trump supporters to go Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, the talk has mostly centered on politics.