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Beware of politicians bearing gifts

Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office has begun sending out mail ballots, the most popular way to vote here in Southwest Florida. With the ballots now dropping into voters’ hands, we’re going to climb back onto this election’s hobby horse and unabashedly, unapologetically and ...

Keep meetings in Council chambers

Cape Coral City Council members slipped on their administrative hats Wednesday to discuss their annual evaluations of city staffers who report to the elected board. Those staffers included City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn and City Attorney Aleksandr Boksner, who are contract employees, as well ...

Live music lovers: Get ready to hop

Love live music? Get ready to get your fill — the Island Hopper Songwriter Fest is back. The 10-day music festival now in its 12th year will feature more than 80 performances at a multitude of venues across four communities — and most of those shows are free. Kicking off Sept. 18-20 on ...

One size does not fit all

Lee County has touched off a whirlwind of protest with residents and virtually every environmental group in the county protesting proposed changes to the Lee Plan they say will eliminate every individual community plan throughout unincorporated Lee County. The changes address both the Lee ...

We will not forget

Next Friday, it will be 25 years since the terrorist attacks on our county. We, as Americans, will again remember. And we, as Americans, will not forget. To mark the date known as 9/11, three commemorations will be held in Cape Coral next week. The city of Cape Coral will again hold ...

Your tax dollars at play

Kudos to CBS News Miami which just broke the story on grand jury findings concerning the “misappropriation” of $10 million in reimbursed taxpayer money, diverted into a charity founded by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife and then funneled into a pair of PACs and the Republican Party of ...