Lee County Florida District 2
Commissioner Brian Bigelow

Phone: 533-2227
FAX: 485-2099
Mailing Address:
Box 398, Ft. Myers, Florida 33902-0398

Office Location:
Old Lee County Courthouse
2120 Main Street, Fort Myers, Florida 33901

E-Mail: District2@leegov.com

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Janeen Paulauskis
Executive Assistant

Brian was born in Lee Memorial Hospital on November 30th, 1963 to Linda Ann Langston Bigelow (born in Niles, Michigan) and Charles Lee Bigelow, Jr. ("Charlie" was born in Fort Myers, Florida).

Linda taught mathematics at Fort Myers High School in the 1960's and 70's and moved to Tampa in 1979, acquiring a Master's Degree at University of South Florida and then spending twenty years working as a computer programmer for GTE Data Services.

Charlie served as a city judge in Fort Myers and a land use attorney in Lee County. In addition to other ancestral public servants before Brian, Charlie also served as District 2 Lee County Commissioner between 1986 and 1989.  In Brian's mind, the most personally rewarding accomplishment of Charlie's leadership was making possible the funding to purchase Flint Pen Strand, the largest portion of the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (C.R.E.W.).

 Brian's brother, Chuck lives in College Park, Georgia with his wife Patricia.  Their step-sister, Jennifer Melinda Bigelow (born to Frieda Jean Hicks Bigelow) lives in San Jose, California with her fiance, Bill.

 Brian is an alumnus of Fort Myers High School (1982) and the University of Florida (1989).  The first ten years of his career were in the construction and development industry, becoming an urban land planner in 1997.

 The most rewarding work of Brian's life was when he chose to live with and care for his 83 year old paternal grandmother in 2000.  Mabel Norton Bigelow, a native of Punta Gorda, Florida entered hospice care on Christmas Day, 2003 and died in Brian's arms four days later.  Brian considers her his own personal lifelong hero and dedicates his inauguration to office in her memory.
 
Brian's primary concerns for Lee County are:
1. Our dying environment is caused by toxic nutrient-laden waters originating from both inside and outside Lee County; this threatens the beauty of our county.

2. Our explosive growth is being mismanaged which is leading to unbridled urban sprawl; this threatens Lee County's quality of life.

3. Our skyrocketing taxes are the result of uncontrolled spending and inadequate budgetary goals;  this threatens the affordability of Lee County.