To the editor:

Thanks for “Cape Council outlines legislative priorities” story published Sept. 29. It tells us that city has a “senior government relations consultant” to advise the Council on how to get more money out of the state. That includes hustling the Lee County delegation, as well as making trips to Tallahassee.

Lemme restate this, just so that we understand the unholy dynamic that is “in play” here. Specifically, we are paying this consultant to tell our paid Council how to massage our paid delegation into massaging our paid state government into spending even more of our money on their projects.

Shoot me.

Larry Gillis

Former director-at-large, Libertarian Party of Florida

Cape Coral