Farsi pulls out from LA-MSID race
Richard Farsi
With a little more than four weeks from the Nov. 8 election, a candidate who was running for Seat 1 on the Lehigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District has withdrawn his name.
Richard Farsi, who was challenging incumbent Michael Welch and another candidate, Dewey Tyler, said he has withdrawn due to his wife’s illness.
“I feel that I would not be able to serve my community properly because of this situation and would not be fair to the people,”?he said. “I intend on staying as active as I can in community affairs to help better Lehigh Acres.
“I also want to make clear that I and Mike Welch are on talking terms and have no animosity against each other and both share the same vision to improve Lehigh Acres,” Farsi said.
He thanked those who had supported him and said he expected to see them around while he did as much as he could to help the community.
He qualified for the office on March 29, according to records from the Division of Elections.
According to Welch, Farsi had contacted him to let him know that he would be withdrawing from the race.
“I know it was a tough decision to make,” he said. “Family health issues are always the first priority for all of us.
“I have gotten to know Richard recently and I am on great and cordial terms with him,” he said. “That’s the way it should be in the public arena.
“I wish him and his family well and look forward to working with him for the community in the future,” Welch said.
The election at the polls is Nov. 8, although absentee ballots will soon be mailed out.
Three seats on the LA-MSID will be on the ballot. Richard Thomson and Nathan Stout, both incumbents, have filed to keep their seats.
The LA-MSID races are non-partisan.
The district preserves and protects water reserves through drainage, conservation, mitigation, navigational and water management practices in 70,000 acres of land in Lehigh and western Hendry County.
LA-MSID currently maintains 311 miles of canals, 20 lakes, 360 culvert crossings, 22 bridges and 66 water control structures. It also maintains 1,298 preserve acres, as well as 578 acres of Harns Marsh – a major retention/detention area.
Farsi pulls out from LA-MSID race
With a little more than four weeks from the Nov. 8 election, a candidate who was running for Seat 1 on the Lehigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District has withdrawn his name.
Richard Farsi, who was challenging incumbent Michael Welch and another candidate, Dewey Tyler, said he has withdrawn due to his wife’s illness.
“I feel that I would not be able to serve my community properly because of this situation and would not be fair to the people,”?he said. “I intend on staying as active as I can in community affairs to help better Lehigh Acres.
“I also want to make clear that I and Mike Welch are on talking terms and have no animosity against each other and both share the same vision to improve Lehigh Acres,” Farsi said.
He thanked those who had supported him and said he expected to see them around while he did as much as he could to help the community.
He qualified for the office on March 29, according to records from the Division of Elections.
According to Welch, Farsi had contacted him to let him know that he would be withdrawing from the race.
“I know it was a tough decision to make,” he said. “Family health issues are always the first priority for all of us.
“I have gotten to know Richard recently and I am on great and cordial terms with him,” he said. “That’s the way it should be in the public arena.
“I wish him and his family well and look forward to working with him for the community in the future,” Welch said.
The election at the polls is Nov. 8, although absentee ballots will soon be mailed out.
Three seats on the LA-MSID will be on the ballot. Richard Thomson and Nathan Stout, both incumbents, have filed to keep their seats.
The LA-MSID races are non-partisan.
The district preserves and protects water reserves through drainage, conservation, mitigation, navigational and water management practices in 70,000 acres of land in Lehigh and western Hendry County.
LA-MSID currently maintains 311 miles of canals, 20 lakes, 360 culvert crossings, 22 bridges and 66 water control structures. It also maintains 1,298 preserve acres, as well as 578 acres of Harns Marsh – a major retention/detention area.
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