Special to The Neighbor Commission candidate Tony Allen at the Southwest Florida Fair, manning an information booth. He is pictured with his car, a 1935 Hudson.

Tony Allen has announced that he will run for Lee County Commission, District 4, the seat that covers the North Fort Myers and a portion of Cape Coral.

“Spending is out of hand for Lee County government,” Allen said of why he chose to run. “If you take what they spent for the ballpark, a biofuel grant and the purchase of the wetlands they will have spent over $100-million in the last few months.

“Right now they are cutting back wages of Lee County employees, reducing the number of jobs and by 2012, the county will be completely out of reserve money, that’s why I am running.”

He is challenging incumbent Tammy Hall for the seat.

A Republican candidate, his biography says he is a Vietnam War veteran, a founding and facilitating organizer of “Pollution Special” and, as a Jaycee, he developed a concept and organized a commuter bus service where riders paid a nominal fee to leave their car at home and take the bus to work, reducing pollution and saving energy.

He also noted he is the owner/operator of a Southern California tour agency and bus company. Working with senior citizen groups, city and county park and recreation departments and local businesses, he said his goal is to promote tourism and provide junkets for groups throughout the western United States.

He was a station manager for Beasley Broadcast station AM770 and a licensed Florida Community Association Manager, who served as past president of Pointe Royale Condominium Association and past general manager of Tara Woods Country Club in North Fort Myers.

If you would like more information, his Web site is TonyForDistrict4.com. His campaign headquarters are located at 3780 Downwind Lane in North Fort Myers. He can be reached at 229-8526.