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Bebe Kanter (Non-partisan, CCMCD-2) for Commissioner

Collier Mosquito Control District 2

"I have a plan to use fewer adulticides and protect the natural habitat. The Collier Mosquito Control Department has two missions. One is to protect us from mosquito borne diseases. The other is to protect property values even if doing so requires irresponsible spraying of the Everglades with poison.  Add Bebe Has a PLAN VIDEO

 

Candidate Biography

• Professional Credentials:
  Barnard College (BA, 1974); Harvard Graduate School of Design (MS, 1977).
  
  Her 53-year career includes commercial real estate finance at Wells Fargo, Washington Mutual, and the Healthcare Finance Corporation, with a focus on multi-family housing and asset-based lending. Founder of SpeakIQ, Renaissance Properties, and Quiet Collier, Inc.

 

• Civic Record: Demonstrated community leadership, including managing pro bono environmental consulting operations and leading municipal infrastructure advocacy. Memberships and active participation include Jewish Federation, LWV, NAACP, Union of Concerned Scientists, Hadassah, Florida Native Plant Society, NCWA.

 

• Personal Ties: Domiciled in  Naples, Florida since 2015. Married to Craig M. Kanter for 50 years,, they are the parents  of three adult sons.
   

• Her father, Stanley Bruckenstein, the developer of the Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode  and other measuring technologies such  mass spectrometry , inspired her interest in pollutants. She worked in his lab until she went to college and got to study more interesting topics. 

Platform and Priorities

• Community outreach by me.  I will educate the public about Integrate mosquito management.  This mean using methods other than pesticides to reduce mosquito populations.  These methods include creating and protecting habitat for bats, mosquito fish and dragonflies.  Use of fans to blow away mosquitos.

• Transparency about funding for junkets to conventions, meals and other perks. 

• Working with other governmental units. 

 

Media and Publications

Press Archive:

• The SWFL Chronicle: March 2026 editorial by Bebe Kanter, outlines alleged structural discrepancies within the local 5G infrastructure deployment framework.

• Sparker's Soapbox: A June 2022 primary questionnaire delineates the zoning reform and environmental infrastructure platform of Bebe Kanter (Non-partisan, CCMCD-2).

• Naples Airport Authority: The June 2022 agenda logs public testimony from Bebe Kanter (Non-partisan, CCMCD-2) proposing acoustic mitigation parameters on behalf of Quiet Collier, Inc.

• Naples Daily News: An April 2026 opinion letter authored by Bebe Kanter advocates modifying federal visa protocols to restrict transnational entities from misusing regional financial systems.

• Naples Daily News: An April 2021 submission from Bebe Kanter criticizes state legislation designed to preempt municipal authority over renewable energy grid commitments.

 

Paid for by Bebe for Mosquito Control District 2.
This is a self-funded campaign with a loan from me and my husband, Craig Kanter. He is the Medical Director at  HCSC. (MIT ‘73, Harvard Medical  School, ‘77:  University of Chicago, MBA 2010)

 

 We do not accept any donations.
barbkanter@gmail.com

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