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Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of being elected as
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Commissioners. It is a role I take seriously, as mosquito control
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As a Commissioner, I am tasked with approving the
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far from the only tool in our toolbox. As mosquito populations
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Naples Mosquito Control District by the Florida Legislature in
1950, and it is no coincidence that our area’s population started
boom just a few years later. As we look toward the future, our
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behind mosquito control, sign up for treatment notifications and
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