To the editor: The recent excessive releases of the toxic brew of chemicals and fertilizers from Lake Okeechobee smothering the Caloosahatchee, coastal estuaries and Gulf of Mexico is a stark reminder of Florida’s political system controlled by the sugar industry. Big Sugar’s strangled ...
To the editor: In the “City’s monthly E-newsletter” for March remarks by the Cape Coral mayor, the following is quoted: “I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the dedicated volunteers who selflessly contribute their time and efforts towards enhancing our community.” The ...
To the editor: I was at Jaycee Park on Sunday, March 3, and saw with joy and satisfaction that the park was full of people at 10 in the morning. AA was meeting, families were at the playgrounds with their children, many people were walking, with or without dogs, and ALL parking places were ...
To the editor: We’ve all read the headlines, thousands of books removed from shelves, Florida leads the nation in book bans but how much do we really know about the restrictions on students' access to educational materials in our Lee County School District? How do these restrictions take ...
To the editor: Once again the recent announcement made by the Biden-Harris Administration regarding canceling another $1.2 billion in student debt for roughly 153,000 borrowers. President Biden has now unilaterally wiped away nearly $138 billion in federal student loans for almost 3.9 million ...
To the editor: Normally I do not reply or make comment to any view expressed in the “letters to the editor” editorial section. After all, opinions vary and being able to express differences is a basic right in our society. However, one recent letter was so inaccurate with disdain, as ...
To the editor: The most recent issue of The Breeze included a number of opinion letters that contained both confusion and misinformation. It would take a book the size of “War and Peace” to address everything but I would like to discuss just a couple of items. One writer just does not ...
To the editor: The GOP reveres Ronald Reagan and many of them proudly refer to themselves as “Reagan Republicans.” Personally, I disagreed with Reagan on a whole host of issues, but I respected the man as someone who loved our democracy and would never have considered trashing the ...
To the editor: Freedom of speech is the freedom to be heard, and most citizens’ freedom to be heard has been reduced as big corporations with deep pockets get the loudest political voice. There is no countervailing power. By the 2016 campaign cycle, corporations and Wall Street contributed ...
To the editor: An open letter to the Lee County School Board: Dear Fellow Residents of Lee County, Administration and School Board Members of Lee School District, One of the most tragic and incomprehensible things about the tragic and incomprehensible beating and subsequent death of Nex ...