To the editor: I submitted the following letter to the mayor and Cape Coral City Council: As a taxpayer I object to any widening of lanes. When I was younger I went to college on the East End of Long Island. The Suffolk County Commissioners wanted to expand the ugly monstrosity of the ...
To the editor: The past few years have taught us that we are in a new era of supercharged and destructive hurricanes, and that it is not enough to tape our doors and windows and lay down sandbags to prevent our houses from flooding. We must deal with the bigger picture of climate change and ...
To the editor: hat will YOU DO if Sen. Rick Scott ever gets the chance to implement his plan to “sunset” senior’s promised Social Security? Just because Scott has zipped it in this election year doesn’t mean he’s changed his plans. Will you need to return to work? Or will your kids ...
To the editor: If I were leaning towards voting for the Democratic candidate for president this year, I would be very mad. Mad at the Democratic power elite for denying me the right to vote for the candidate that won the Democratic primary election. The Democratic candidate for president was ...
To the editor: Of the evil things Donald Trump and his henchmen have done over the past 10 years, the most insidious has been to sow doubt upon the integrity of our elections. Voter fraud is a myth Republicans have spread for political gain. When he became president in 2016, Trump established ...
When it comes to kids with cancer, even one case is too many. Although the disease remains rare in children and adolescents, nearly 15,000 U.S. residents under age 19 will be diagnosed with cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. Approximately 1,600 children and ...
The year 2020 was a monumental time in America and across the world as communities near and far struggled to find a new normal during a global pandemic that turned our day-to-day lives upside down. At the time, I was in seventh grade, and I never would have guessed that an idea to help local ...
Cape Coral City Council approved a pair of ordinances this week to address what officials have deemed to be a proliferation of two specific businesses — car washes and self-storage facilities. The city has “too many” and new construction is eating up limited commercial land inventory — ...
To the editor: In the Cape Coral City council Election, here are my picks for who to vote for: Laurie Lehmann: Confidence in her abilities and willing to listen to us. Deborah Lee McCormick: She will fix the city she knew and loves. We need an elder statesperson. Richard Carr: ...
To the editor: Hurricane Milton was a major storm, there’s no doubt about it. My wife and I live on Cape Coral, just north of Fort Myers in Florida, and Milton made landfall 75 miles to the north up the coast. The size of the storm meant that we were fully vested in the storm as it ...
