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The more things change…

To the editor: When the Rosen brothers were preparing what is now Cape Coral in the 1950s, they bulldozed all the trees... even the one on Pelican, under which was found a giant skeleton, according to one history book. Now comes city government doing the same a second time in Jaycee ...

Editorial | Parks protection bill a ray of light

It’s not often we get a press release from both a state rep and an environmental group applauding the same piece of legislation. But this week, we received releases from the office of Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman and the Sierra Club, each praising the unanimous passage in the House of HB 209 ...

Don’t buy into anti-tariff ‘news’

To the editor: Interesting how people can become so excited over an event, major as it is and display such a lack of knowledge about what is happening.  The new tariff action by Trump is long overdue. China charges 67%, Japan charges 46%, South Korea charges 50% and the European Union charge ...

Social Security fears

To the editor: Americans are rightly worried about their Social Security. On one hand, DOGE has been hacking away at the Social Security Administration with a plethora of cuts and changes to the federal agency and Trump even hints on changing the program’s future. I think that the Democrats ...

The Boathouse Restaurant lease with Cape Coral

To the editor: Why is the city talking changes and options to the lease with the Boathouse at the Yacht Club?  Is the city blocking the rebuild of the Boathouse Restaurant?   According to the city manager the fire has caused the building to be “untenantable” to be repaired promptly to ...