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Let us provide some clarity on the negotiations between the city of Cape Coral and the operators of the Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill at the Cape Coral Yacht Club: The Kearns Restaurant Group did not “miss” the Aug. 13 settlement deadline imposed by Cape Coral City Council. What the ...

Editorial | Animal lover? Make a difference

Cape Coral Animal Shelter will hold one of its largest — and most popular — fundraisers next week. The fourth annual Virtual Auction opens Monday and runs through Friday, offering an abundance of opportunities to bid on some very nice items — everything from handcrafted artwork and ...

Count us among those excited for the start of the new school year Monday. Not because we have kids, tweens or teens who — though we love them the muchest — may have, ummm, pushed our parental patience a time or two during this long, hot and humid summer. But because the district has ...

Editorial | Lead, not follow

If there is one fiscal philosophy we would like to quash on the city level it is the “other cities are...” justification for setting income and outgo. We don’t like it much for justifying rules and regulations, either. From determining employee compensation while chasing the Great White ...

Cape Coral City Council set its tax rate maximums Wednesday night and property owners and residents are looking at increases in property taxes, the assessment for fire services, water and sewer rates, stormwater fees and more. Council set the not-to-exceed millage rate at 5.5188, up from the ...

Editorial | Bueller? Bueller?

The first member-of-the-public speaker called to the podium for public comment at the tail end of Wednesday night’s Cape Coral City Council meeting failed to step up. He had left the meeting that ultimately ran just over three and a half hours, a pretty typical session length when there’s ...