For Lee County Commissioner · District 4
Responsible growth, affordable living, clean water, and county government that listens before it decides.
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About the Candidate
DéMaria Artis brings a healthcare professional’s attention, a small-business owner’s discipline, and a neighbor’s understanding to public service.
Her approach is grounded in facts, public input, affordability, and long-term consequences. She is running to make sure growth is responsible, infrastructure keeps pace, clean water is protected, and residents can see exactly how county decisions are made.
“I’m not anti-growth or pro-growth at any cost. I’m pro-responsibility.”
What She Stands For
Every decision starts with the same standards: fairness, affordability, transparency, fiscal responsibility, public benefit, and long-term sustainability.
Growth must contribute fairly toward the roads, drainage, parks, and emergency services it requires—using current local data, transparent spending, and a clear eye on housing costs.
The county cannot set insurance rates, but it can stop approving avoidable risk, protect natural flood storage, maintain drainage, and make smarter decisions about where Lee County grows.
Restore dependable, transparent acquisition funding. Conserved land protects flood storage, water quality, wildlife habitat, and the character of Lee County.
Advance septic-to-sewer conversion, stronger stormwater treatment, wetland protection, and full regional cooperation—because clean water protects public health, property values, and our economy.
Require a funded mitigation plan before approval, improve dangerous intersections, and make sure families spend less time sitting in traffic.
Fund the sheriff, EMS, fire, and emergency management to match real population and call-volume growth—with clear performance data and public accountability attached.
Maximize existing revenue, measure outcomes, and review every dollar the county spends before asking residents for another one.
Provide real advance notice before major votes, plain-language explanations afterward, and public records that are genuinely easy to find.
Create predictable, efficient permitting so local entrepreneurs are not forced to compete with large developers that have full-time legal and consulting teams.
Verify road, water, and sewer capacity before approving growth, while funding deferred maintenance in established neighborhoods—not after problems become emergencies.
Give residents real input before designs are final, publish honest funding-gap accounting, coordinate with coastal towns, and harden public facilities for the next storm.
Keep countywide voting for commissioners while delivering specific representation: regular neighborhood office hours, meaningful advisory councils, and public tracking of where county dollars go.
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