Election 2026 | Question of the Week 13, Mayor’s Race | Where do you see the city in 5 years? In 10?
Each week through the General Election, The Breeze will ask the candidates for Cape Coral City Council an issue-related question. In the interest of fairness, each candidate is limited to the same amount of space, about 100 words, for their response.
Cape Coral City Council races are non-partisan races. Council members qualify in their respective districts but are elected at-large. This means all registered city voters may cast a ballot in each race regardless of where they live and the party to which they are affiliated, if any. This year’s General Election, on Nov. 3, features four Cape Coral City Council races: Mayor and the seats for District 1, 4 and 6.
The candidates below are running for the mayor’s seat on the Cape Coral City Council:
Question of the Week: Each week through the General Election, The Breeze will ask the candidates for Cape Coral City Council an issue-related question. In the interest of fairness, each candidate is limited to the same amount of space, about 100 words, for their response.
Cape Coral City Council races are non-partisan races. Council members qualify in their respective districts but are elected at-large. This means all registered city voters may cast a ballot in each race regardless of where they live and the party to which they are affiliated, if any. This year’s General Election, on Nov. 3, features four Cape Coral City Council races: Mayor and the seats for District 1, 4 and 6.
The candidates below are running for the mayor’s seat on the Cape Coral City Council:
Question of the Week: Where do you see the city in 5 years? In 10?
• Lisa Cohen-Adkinson
Affordable, safe & a joyful place to live. This is my prayer for Cape Coral, at least.
There is a saying that we are watching play out in real time. “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times” — G. Michael Hopf
We are going into the hardest four years our city has ever seen; we need a mayor with more than a guess, we need a mayor with new ideas.
Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job.
• Richard Erickson
Five years: Cape Coral’s UEP problem is solved, fully installed, costs cut through grants and smarter contracting. When it rains, it drains. Permitting is streamlined, inspections run faster, and developers pay their fair share. The golf course and yacht club reach a resolution, Jaycee Park gets finished, empty buildings get completed, and parks and green space are done. City hall runs on professionalism and the people’s voice.
Ten years: Cape Coral is a city people choose to stay in. Most residents work here, the commute to Fort Myers is a thing of the past, and mom-and-pop businesses thrive. Big businesses generate revenue that lets homestead owners keep their homes. Infrastructure is solid, UEP done, drainage working, parks finished. Cape Coral is affordable, safe, and built for families.