Cape News
Gunter appointed Cape Coral mayor
Late mayor Joe Coviello was still represented on the dais at Wednesday's Cape Coral City Council meeting. His nameplate was there, with a black ribbon in remembrance. But city business will have to go on without him, no matter how much he is missed. On Wednesday, at the first regular meeting for the Cape Coral City Council since Coviello's Jan. 13 death, the elected board wasted little time in deciding to fill the position from within the city council, appointing Mayor Pro-Tem John Gunter as the city's 16th mayor. Gunter will fill the remaining 20 months of Coviello's term. His ...
