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No more judges

To the editor: The Florida Supreme Court has now asked for dozens more trial judges. This is the judicial version of the “throw-money-at-it approach” that governments typically use to address perceived societal problems. It is fundamentally wrong. Courts exist for the convenience of ...

Should I get a mic?

To the editor: Perhaps you feel that if you have no kids that go to school or you never drive in school zone this issue does not concern you, but trust me, this is about how the city is very talented at squeezing dollars from us in petty ways (that amount to a generous profit) all in the ...

Lack of input result of lack of listening

To the editor: The city council has again asked for input on what to do with the old Cape Coral Country Club.  Councilmember Nelson-Lastra commented that out of a city of 220,000 citizens, only 800 answered the call for input. The point is, would the council and city manager listen to the ...

Local resources are available for boaters

To the editor: After the tragic accident on the 29th of this month, a witness and friend of the victims of the boating crash in Cape Coral is quoted as saying they would like to “turn the tragedy into purpose by creating a water safety training program.” It’s a caring thought in the ...

Trump owns this

To the editor: More than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy suffered systematic and prolonged torture and abuse, including sexual assault, during their detention.  Another Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Trump and his administration knew that ...

What do Democrats stand for?

To the editor: Seems every day I read another criticism from Democrats such as the one today that they are submitting a bill to stop the military from striking the drug-laden boats racing to America with fentanyl poisoning; or fighting ICE for arresting and deporting criminals, some of the ...