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Petition drive for Marco City Council candidates

Registered Marco Island Voters sign petitions for candidates seeking to qualify for Marco Island City Council elections. Candidates kick-started their petition drives right out of the gate Tuesday, which marked the opening of the qualifying period for Jan. 29 elections. The Candidates have until noon Nov. 30 to gather signatures.

Photo by LESLIE WILLIAMS HALE, Eagle staff

Registered Marco Island Voters sign petitions for candidates seeking to qualify for Marco Island City Council elections. Candidates kick-started their petition drives right out of the gate Tuesday, which marked the opening of the qualifying period for Jan. 29 elections. The Candidates have until noon Nov. 30 to gather signatures.

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  • Ken Recker looks on as his wife, Sandy, signs a petition supporting his candidacy. Recker, like fellow candidate Jerry Gibson, kicked off his day at the Marco Island Yacht Club for a meeting of the Sunrise Rotary.
  • Roger Hall (left) chats with Bob Appel (sitting) and Frank Wendt (standing) after the two signed petitions at Hall's home Tuesday morning. Hall, like many other candidates, opened his home to visitors Tuesday, offering coffee and pastries to residents who signed petitions.
  • At Andrew Guidry's medical practice, rather than fill out medical paperwork, Louise Moore fills out a petition supporting Guidry's candidacy in City Council elections. She stopped by Tuesday morning just for that purpose.
  • Jack Patterson watches as neighbor Pat McKee signs a petition for his City Council candidacy. Patterson said he plans to walk the streets of his neighborhood to fill the 134 petitions he needs to qualify.
  • Robert Moscoso (left) and Steve Zoccoli fill out petitions in front of the oatmeal box converted to a paper holder for petitions endorsing Ken Allen.
  • Jerry Gibson watches as fellow Rotarian Jack Patterson (not the same Jack Patterson running for council) signs a petition at the Sunrise Rotary meeting at the Marco Island Yacht Club Tuesday morning. Patterson signed Gibson's first petition on the first morning of the qualifying period for the Jan. 29 election.
  • Neighbors chat in Butch Neylon's kitchen during a lull in traffic from petition signing. Meanwhile, a row of petitions await signatures for Neylon and fellow candidates Joe Batte, Roger Hall and Ken Allen.
  • Robert Moscoso signs a petition supporting Joe Batte for City Council. Batte invited residents to his home Tuesday morning to sign petitions for himself and fellow candidates Butch Neylon, Roger Hall and Ken Allen. The other three followed the same pattern, allowing for 'one-stop shopping' for voters who wished to fill out petitions for all four candidates.
  • Registered Marco Island Voters sign petitions for candidates seeking to qualify for Marco Island City Council elections. Candidates kick-started their petition drives right out of the gate Tuesday, which marked the opening of the qualifying period for Jan. 29 elections. The Candidates have until noon Nov. 30 to gather signatures.

Registered Marco Island voters signed petitions for candidates seeking to qualify for Marco Island City Council elections on Tuesday, November 20. Tuesday marked the opening of the qualifying period for Jan. 29 elections.

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