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Florida Association of Counties meet at Marco Marriott

Collier County Commissioners Frank Halas and Jim Colletta share a laugh at a reception Wednesday evening during the Florida Association of Counties annual conference held at the Marriott Marco Island Resort, which is hosting politicians and county officials from Florida's 67 counties, through Friday. Halas is up for reappointment by peers to represent Lee and Collier as an FAC board member for his third two-year term.

Photo by KELLY FARRELL, Staff

Collier County Commissioners Frank Halas and Jim Colletta share a laugh at a reception Wednesday evening during the Florida Association of Counties annual conference held at the Marriott Marco Island Resort, which is hosting politicians and county officials from Florida's 67 counties, through Friday. Halas is up for reappointment by peers to represent Lee and Collier as an FAC board member for his third two-year term.

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  • Collier County Commissioners Frank Halas and Jim Colletta discuss the benefits for Island businesses and county officials that come from having the Marco Island Marriott host the Florida Association of Counties annual conference, which hosted officials, their families and staff from Florida's 67 counties in June 2009.
  • Lyndon Bonner, a county administrator of Okeechobee County and Brian Armstrong, a consultant on franchise fees and other fee structures with the firm Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A. say people come to the Florida Association of Counties conference specifically because it is on Marco Island. Armstrong said he spent a lot of time in Marco when working as general counsel for Florida Water Services through 2000.
  • Martin County Commissioner Doug Smith and Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, share ideas at the Florida Association of Counties annual conference and education exposition held at the Marco Island Marriott Monday through Friday. Smith, a politician from Martin County, which is northeast of Collier, said the conference allows commissioners from all over the state to share ideas on how to collectively handle what's going on in the Legislature and allows newly elected officials to learn the processes.
  • Collier County Commissioners Frank Halas and Jim Colletta share a laugh at a reception Wednesday evening during the Florida Association of Counties annual conference held at the Marriott Marco Island Resort, which is hosting politicians and county officials from Florida's 67 counties, through Friday. Halas is up for reappointment by peers to represent Lee and Collier as an FAC board member for his third two-year term.

Florida Association of Counties, which represents Florida's 67 counties in the Legislature, meet at Marco Marriott June 22 through Friday for their annual conference.

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