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To the editor:
The Breeze reports that council consent agenda failed again on citizen input times.
According to Council, the whole idea of citizens input at the end of the meeting was to promote efficiency as this is a business meeting. This was supported by the council member for District 7.
While citizen input was in need of revision, putting it at the end of the meeting is wrong and proves that the mayor and the new council does not want any input.
Here is some:
1. Citizens input was over-used by the Cape residents i.e. Friends of Wildlife and The Three Fisherman who have faded under the radar.
2. The card system, which I support, gets this eliminated.
3. An efficient meeting would naturally allow for all veterans, city employees and students to be recognize at the end of the meeting, NOT the beginning. This is a double standard. Do the accolades to the veterans and employees and students at the end of the meeting for efficiency.
4. Why does the 9 a.m. COW meeting have citizens input at the end of the meeting? The meeting starts at 9 a.m. How can citizens give comment at the end when issues have been decided upon?
Citizen input needs to be at the beginning of all the meetings.
The Lee County Commission is not the standard bearer for Cape Coral as pointed out by the District 7 council member who said they do it.
Lee County Commission is in error and this will be addressed with the vote for single-member districts.
Lou Navarra
Cape Coral