Judge incumbents on their records
To the editor:
Judgment day, oops, election day will be Tuesday, Nov. 3.
This is our time to evaluate our two incumbents, namely Mayor Burch and Councilwoman Bertolini, District 4.
In order to make an intelligent decision, we must ask ourselves the following questions:
1) Have they welcomed and embraced citizens input at city council meetings, or is it just an appeasement?
2) Are they truly listening to us or does it go in one ear and out the other?
3) Are their rebuttals in a professional manner or do they rebut with an angry tone of voice and lose their tempers?
4) Do they answer all of our questions and concerns or perhaps skirting the issues by double-talking?
5) Are they really interested in open dialogue with us, or just telling what to do?
6) Are they truly acting as our public servants or do they have their own agenda, and we are their public servants?
7) Do they show compassion for us and feel our pain?
8) Have they done absolutely everything in their power to lower our taxes? How about the millage rate? How about the budget?
9) Are they spending our hard-earned money like its going out of style?
10) Are they approving purchases they need, rather than what they want?
This is a pivotal election. We have the choice. It’s a choice between tax and spend; taxation without representation, or being conservative with proper fiscal restraint. We can’t allow our elected public servants to have free access to our money. Let’s bring common sense and civility back to Cape Coral. On Nov. 3, or the prior week, elect the following:
For mayor: John Sullivan
District 1: Jim Martin
District 4: Chris Chulakes-Leetz
District 6: John Cataldi Jr.
These conservative, dedicated and highly educated people are committed to making Cape Coral a better place to live for all of us, not by levying more taxes and fees, but rather by cutting fat and waste from government, thus putting more money into our pockets.
Erick Kuehn
Cape Coral