============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.bonitanews.com � December 2, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Bonita Daily News: http://web.bonitanews.com/circulation/ CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, POETRY MARK WORLD AIDS DAY IN COLLIER There have been 877 documented cases of AIDS in Collier County through this past September. There are just as many who have HIV or AIDS and don't know it because they haven't been tested. The number of cases here spiked recently, as Collier is close to the high-incidence counties of Miami-Dade and Lee. SPECIAL COUNCIL ELECTION MAY BE HELD EVEN SOONER A special election for a disputed council seat could take place Jan. 4, nearly a month earlier than planned, after a judge again prodded Bonita Springs officials to hold the vote. But city attorneys plan to fight Lee County Circuit Judge William McIver's action, saying it would be impossible to conduct an election by then because of time-consuming legal requirements. AUTOPSY SHOWS MAN FOUND AT LOVERS KEY WAS STABBED A Chicago man found dead outside of a Bonita Springs state park early Tuesday morning was stabbed to death, an autopsy revealed Wednesday. Keith A. Johnson, 37, was stabbed in the chest and back an undetermined number of times, Associate Medical Examiner Barbara Wolf said Wednesday after completing the autopsy. ELECTION CHANGE PROPOSAL DRAWS MIXED REACTIONS A proposal from Florida's election supervisors that would eliminate Election Day and replace it with an 11-day election season is drawing mixed reactions from local officials. Most express reservations, but say they are willing to look at the proposal. If the proposal is enacted, it would eliminate voting precincts. The state's 67 election chiefs voted Tuesday to present the idea informally to the Legislature and begin building support for voting changes. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.bonitanews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: MAR-GOOD RESORT -- COLLIER SHOULD BUY SITE AND LEAVE ITS CHARM ALONE The public purchase of a special property that most Collier Countians have not heard of or visited, Goodland's Mar-Good Resort, is good for lots of reasons. Among them are that the deal saves the still-sleepy fishing village � the hot spots are called Idle Hour and Little Bar � from overdevelopment. The price is fair, $2.5 million for 2.6 waterfront acres, kept low by the owners' good will and even easier on Collier taxpayers thanks to state grants. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: NELSON LAUDS CASE THAT WAS KEY TO PASSING ANTI-IDENTITY THEFT LAW On the day the Federal Trade Commission rolled out a new program to help protect consumers from identity theft, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson came to Fort Myers to spotlight one facet of the 2003 anti-identity theft law that was inspired by a local television station's investigation. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: CREEPY, CRAWLY CHRISTMAS Coming soon to a bedroom near you: the reality version of "A Bug's Life." Grow-your-own-critter kits are swarming the toy market this holiday season. Going way beyond the old ant habitats and "sea monkeys" advertised on the back of comic books, today's kits offer young city slickers the chance to share their space with a widening range of wildlife, from silkworms to ladybugs and praying mantises. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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