Spring in Southwest Florida is glorious but the pre-summer lull brings more than great weather and less crowded beaches. May heralds in what local animal shelters call “kitten season,” and no, all love for the fuzzy, furry little hairballs packed with cuteness aside, it’s not a welcome ...
If numbers tell the story, the city of Cape Coral’s trash collection narrative can be counted among the horror genre. According to statistics provided by City Manager Rob Hernandez Wednesday night, the city has historically received an average of little more than three complaints per day ...
Saying Florida’s relatively new medical marijuana program “is a recreational drug program masquerading as a medical marijuana program,” House District 79 Rep. Spencer Roach has introduced legislation to address “the long-term societal carnage attendant with unfettered access to ...
The South Cape Community Redevelopment Agency Board has taken a first step to bring two major projects to Cape Coral’s old downtown. The board approved non-binding letters of intent this week for a pair of unrelated developments, each calling for hundreds of apartments built over ...
When you’re running for the first time in a field of 19 candidates spread among four races, it’s hard to stand out. Former Cape Coral council member John Carioscia — then District 2 candidate John Carioscia — had little difficulty doing just that back in 2011. The election, as Cape ...
Median_Landscape_Design_Adopt_a_Median__-_COW_March_26_2021_-_Final Cape Coral City Council is scheduled to hear a staff presentation Friday morning outlining plans to help beautify city roadways. The median landscaping presentation on the agenda has been a while coming. Councilmember Dan ...
Are there any words more terrifying to us taxpayers than Ronald Reagan’s famously shared “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”? It always amuses us — and not in a good way — when self-proclaimed fiscally conservative, small government, pro-business politicians trot out ...
With the celebration of its 50th anniversary now behind it, the city of Cape Coral is looking ahead. Ahead to the development coming to the northern quadrants of the Cape where thousands upon thousands of yet-to-be-built-upon residential lots still remain. Ahead to the infrastructure ...
About a year ago, on Feb. 28, The Breeze published our first editorial on a new coronavirus dubbed COVID-19. The editorial shared the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s emphasis on the then new-to-the-U.S. disease: Share the Facts, Stop Fear. The facts then, from the CDC, ...
The Breeze newsroom receives dozens of press releases each week from a variety of sources. Some we share in print. Some we post online. Some are assigned for followup as news stories. It is rare, though, that one of individual impact makes its way here onto the opinion page. The challenge ...
