To the editor:

Gary Lane wrote, honestly, in a recent issue of The Breeze, that he’s a boater and wants the Chiquita lock removed because it’s a pain to deal with. He mentions the anecdotal environmental evidence he and his wife have observed and it’s nice to hear the manatees like the canal he lives on and they don’t have red tide or algal blooms.

The letter writer goes on to complain about the cost to the taxpayers of Cape Coral, in operating and maintaining such an old structure, which leads to my “What?!?!?”

What did the City of Cape Coral spend to purchase the parcels of unincorporated Lee County land west of Burnt Store Road a few years ago? What are they paying Lee County in taxes on those parcels each year?

What could be done with all that money that’s just sitting there while the city waits to sell it to some “deserving” developer (who will probably buy it at a loss to the city) and make a pile of loot in the end?

What’s in it for you, the taxpayer in Cape Coral? Certainly not tax relief!

It seems that you citizens of Cape Coral believe if projects are “implemented” and some problems “eliminated” that you should get what you want, and shouldn’t have to abide by previous commitments, even if there was no improvement in the overall environmental situation.

Dan Herfurth

Matlacha