The Florida State Legislature has passed a bill that could change the way government entities like the city of Cape Coral process unsolicited proposals for public-private partnerships, also called P3s. Sent to the Governor’s Office on Monday, CS/HB 781 is among the legislation awaiting the ...
To the editor: This is an open letter to Sen. Marco Rubio: Dear Sen. Marco Rubio, At my last official meeting with your staff I promised I would help disseminate two dossiers prepared by your office which contains a litany of facts regarding the Biden administration’s failure to equip ...
In Florida, many families face a big challenge when it comes to finding quality, affordable child care. The Florida Chamber Foundation report, Untapped Potential, shows this problem is costing the state a lot of money — about $5.4 billion annually. This happens because working parents are ...
To the editor: Yes. Biden is old. Four years older than Trump. We have two old white men running for the top job in the U.S. government. One with many years of on the job experience whose economy is the strongest in the world. The other guy with gold-gilded toilets is facing 91 felony counts ...
To the editor: I’ve owned a daycare in North Fort Myers since 1970. I would like to express my thoughts on the recent bus stop changes and how they could have long-term effects on our community’s children and their education. This past fall, the Lee County School District made a decision ...
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: Oh, this is rich!!! Co-founder of the conservative group, Moms For Liberty, known for initiating massive numbers of book bans across the country, feels that our state legislators have gone too far in passing a bill that bans minors under 16 from using social media. In a Feb. 23, ...
