We are often asked: “Why do you march?” “Why are you still marching?” We and others have been marching since 2017, organized nationally and in state/local organizations nationwide in response to Donald Trump’s election, an incarnation of a tradition begun in 1913 when 5,000 women ...
April is Autism Awareness Month, or Autism Acceptance Month, as the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network prefers. According to the CDC, recognizing this month “raises awareness about autism acceptance and promotes inclusion and connectedness for people with autism.” Another benefit to creating ...
Media Toolkit - FEMA Insurance Rating The aftermath of Hurricane Ian keeps coming in waves throughout Lee County. FEMA has now opened the floodgates to much higher insurance premiums for property owners hoping to protect their homes and businesses through what is predicted to be another ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I have a relatively large home in Cape Coral, and we are considering converting part of the house to a “mother-in-law suite” for my elderly mother. My wife and I are both in favor of this for a variety of reasons. She is still independent and wants to have her own ...
Excited about the warmer March weather, I recently went to the All Native Nursery in Fort Myers looking for flowers to enhance my spring garden. I wanted flowers to attract birds, bees and butterflies. I have seen many purple Mexican petunias in our neighborhood. I knew they are invasive but ...
With the month of March quickly winding down in combination with an early Easter holiday, we are getting a sense that the end of our peak selling season is right around the corner. Along that line, we are noticing that some builders are getting even more aggressive with their price reductions ...
The city of Cape Coral is facing its first lawsuit pertaining to punitive policies that give City Council the authority to ban speakers ousted from meetings from attending subsequent sessions. We’re not surprised. We, in fact, questioned Council’s ability to impose prior restraint on free ...
On June 29, 2023, the police arrested Tyler Boone, age 35, for the death of his roommate at an apartment they shared in Fort Myers. Tyler was charged with second-degree murder. A psychiatric evaluation found Tyler to be “mentally incompetent at the time” of the fatal beating, and he was ...
It was former Lee County Commissioner Ray Judah writing in The Breeze about water releases from Lake Okeechobee and noting that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” that reminded me of Bill Murray, in Groundhog Day. His ...
To the editor: After attending the Jaycee Park plan review open house and listening to the many views of the public I will distill what I heard and add my viewpoint. On the surface there are two sides. The first is what the city proposes, and the other is the leave the park alone side. We ...
