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Do not board my ship

To the editor: “... Officers currently can stop boaters without probable cause to conduct routine safety checks...” according to a recent news story in the regional daily. I did not know this, even though I am a law professor and a former director-at-large of the Libertarian Party of Florida (LPF). In other words, I have been asleep at the wheel (and so have you, editor). IMHO, it is absolutely outrageous that an officer thinks he can board anyone’s simply because he FEELS like it. I think that, if he wants to poke around in the litter on the deck, he’d better have ...

Support the right to clean water

To the editor: Just 10 years ago our canal in Fort Myers had schools of mullet, sheepshead, and mangrove snapper. Mullet fishermen used to come with their boats and nets and haul up lots of mullet. Nice-sized redfish were common, and I once hooked, but did not catch, a tarpon. These were all exciting moments that I will never forget. But these moments are now rare, and I can only imagine how wonderful the waters used to be 30 or more years ago. As quoted in the Feb. 16 Views section of the regional daily, “The Spanish called the land La Florida for it lush landscape…The natural ...

City spending policies for the birds

To the editor: $900,00 for owls and none for the people who live here? I don’t believe the city wants to spend that much money on the owls and no money for the homeless in the city. What kind of people are in charge in this city they have more feelings for the birds than people? Now they won’t even let those who are homeless pitch a tent in a park — they can face getting locked up and even jail. If the city doesn’t know what to do with all the money they are taking in why not give the taxpayers a refund? After all, we are ones paying all these fees they charge ...

Cape Coral city projects

To the editor: First off, kudos to the five newly elected city council members for following through with their promise to get rid of the stipend that almost doubled the salary of the previous board and mayor. The stipend was not voted on by the citizens of Cape Coral. Now in November 2026, we citizens need to vote to get rid of the last two council members and the mayor from the previous board. That board pushed the redevelopment of Jaycee Park despite the objections of thousands of local voters to leave the park alone. Particularly irritating was the District 1 councilman pushing ...

City needs to admit it was wrong and start over on Jaycee Park

To the editor: I attended the Cape Coral City Council meeting of Feb. 19. I listened to city staff talk about Jaycee Park. As a human being with a conscience it’s hard to wrap my head around how the swindling of Jaycee Park was orchestrated from its finest citizens. There was never a compromise. The city took everything and gave us nothing. Our plan, the citizens’ plan, offers the most to the neighboring condo associations, ADA, picnicking families, veterans, AA groups etc. It would even be more profitable to the concessioner. Instead we are getting commercial enterprise. ...

Protect our Wetlands March

To the editor: Cape Coral families have been concerned about the proposed Redfish Pointe development among wetlands south of Rotary Park since 2021. Hurricane Ian, in 2022, of course, heightened our alarm, because it revealed what the future looks like for Cape Coral, which is one of the nine cities in the nation most at risk from future storms. Indisputably, coastal wetlands provide significant storm protection and flood control. The city’s own website says so. This development would compromise the storm protection these wetlands provide and put our hundreds of families at greater ...