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The Pied Piper

To the editor: The April 15 council meeting contained a performance by our police chief that would win an Academy Award.  I was so impressed that I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen during his “Razzle Dazzle.” He spoke about alterations to qualify for the state appropriation and ...

Trump and Reagan, indeed

To the editor: I do understand the need to publish a range of viewpoints but I think you know the letter from John Cataldi (April 17) would set my hair on fire, and I could not resist reacting. Fortunately the letter was brief. The writer accused the Democratic Party of being sufficiently ...

No-brainer

To the editor: Rowing clubs all over the country practice in busy waterways. Meanwhile, here in Cape Coral, it’s a classic case of Not in My Backyard. The so-called safety issue – which became the concern of convenience when the aesthetics argument was rendered obsolete – has been ...

Locals will pay bulk of any sales tax increase

To the editor: Lee County Commissioners are currently discussing the implementation of a 1 cent sales tax to address their road infrastructure funding shortfall. This problem has arisen because, instead of raising impact fees for developers, the county opted to keep those fees low. As a ...