CAPE CORAL, Fla. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the office of Cape Coral Mayor Marni Sawicki.
The investigation is in regard to an ethics complaint, Sawicki said, declining to elaborate. It began this summer, according to the FDLE.
Sawicki announced in March she wouldn’t run for re-election in November, citing a desire to “focus my energies on building my company when my term ends” in a lengthy Facebook post.
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Sawicki’s personal life made headlines earlier this year. She filed a restraining order against a city employee who eventually became her husband of two months and sparred with other City Council members during public meetings.
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City Councilman Richard Leon called the state ethics commission to investigate Sawicki in August, accusing her of accepting gifts from a city vendor.
Sawicki later exchanged words with Leon during a council meeting and threatened him with a defamation lawsuit after he wrote about her on Facebook.