Enough is enough
To the editor:
Who are the people seated at the dais in council chambers in Cape Coral? Kings and queens, and we are the servants?
What’s wrong with this picture? They can stuff humble pie down our throats, yet not eating it themselves? They can force hardship upon all of us, without our consent? We are just supposed to pay and shut up? They have all the right answers, and we know nothing? Sounds fair to me. Don’t you agree?
I thought we elected them to represent us or views and our concerns. (Sorry for thinking)
As council representatives, aren’t they our public servants?
It has been pointed out by a local newspaper’s Web poll and by a survey conducted by the city that city council is not listening to the residents. Who are most of them listening to? The city manager? The city’s financial director? Special interest groups? Think about it. They’re listening to somebody; obviously not us.
How many times can some of our elected officials flip-flop? Didn’t they have all the facts in the beginning? Didn’t all of them do their homework? Did they consult us, the residents who pay for everything? You think? Taxation without representation? Enough is enough!
Why are angry residents protesting? Many have lost their jobs, and are barely making it; yet many city leaders insist upon adding more debt to burdened households. UEP extension; costing some about $17,000, and other about $6,000.
We all realize the necessity of city water and sewer, but not in this terrible economy. Let’s put the project off until the economy recovers. Do you agree? Why put an extra burden on people who are already hurting? Kick them while they’re already down?
I suggest city council, our public servants, listen this time, and show some empathy. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes. Feel their pain; their agony.
Stop this UEP project now, before it’s too late, before the phrase “Escape the Cape” becomes a realty.
Erick Kuehn
Cape Coral