Letters to the Editor, Feb. 16
Can Bonita afford to pay for it?
The Bonita Springs City Council approved the requests presented by Barron Collier Companies at the Feb. 2 City Council meeting in their 6-1 vote to rezone with deviations the former Bonita Springs Golf Course for housing development.
Concerned residents have raised significant questions which remain unanswered and asked the council to postpone its decision on the rezone more information is discerned. All except for Chris Corrie, whose district is impacted by this development, voted to move forward.
Some questions that need answers:
This overall plan incorporates cooperative storm water management developed at the request of the City for this project by Singhofen & Associates. We have been told that acreage allocated to storm water management will be city property and the city will be responsible for development of all the storm water management. Will the city be required to purchase the allotted acres from Barron Collier Companies and at what price?
It was said that a FEMA grant has been factored into plans for development of storm water management in this area. Does this zoning approval pose any risk to receipt of FEMA grant funds for this area?
The city also submitted an application to Lee County Conservation 20/20 for acquisition of this land. It would be helpful to know how the City presented their plan for the property to get maximum interest from the 20/20 Committee. Would a FEMA grant be applicable to the land in that case?
Everyone should be concerned about flood control and water quality and how/if the city can afford to pay for it.
Michele Hermansen, Bonita Springs
Need third party with real Republican values
I am now and always have been an Independent voter, casting my vote for the person who I felt could contribute the most to society, based on their history and education. That meant that I voted for both Democrats and Republicans. However, the leadership of the Republican Party today has only one agenda: secure and maintain power, and they have displayed a willingness to say and do anything that will fulfill the success of that goal.
At the annual meeting of the RNC, they voted to censure both Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois for their participation on the committee to investigate the events of Jan. 6, which the RNC has characterized as 'legitimate political discourse.' This statement and the censure of two longtime
Republicans was met with strong criticism from Republicans Romney, Murkowski, Cornyn and many others.
All of the above begs the question: Who are the leaders of the Republican Party? Certainly not Donald Trump! Trump’s followers are a band of malcontents who treat Trump like one of their children who can do no wrong, even when they know he did, they just don’t care. Like one of their children, they will fight to protect him because he is one of their own. Is the leader or leaders of the Republican Party made up of people with deep pockets like the Kochs, where the power of government means deeper pockets?
It’s time for the real Republicans, the traditional Republicans, to divorce themselves from the slash and burn politics, with rhetoric that is a cost to your ethics and integrity and form a third party that is representative of Republican values.
That’s what it’s going to take to earn my vote again.
Roger W. Quagliano, Estero
Gov manufactures issues, gins up parents
Our very clever governor creates problems and issues where there were none then devises his solutions. He declared the 2020 election a success then demanded a new ballot police force. He wants schools not to discuss gender issues facing our youth. He doesn’t want to disturb white sensibilities
with history. Florida has a boatload of ugly racism. He wants cameras and listening devices in classrooms to spy on our teachers. Texas has a tip line to rat on teachers, maybe here too. He declares ‘parents’ rights in setting curriculum but I’ve always believed that’s what educators do. He’s fighting CRT where it’s not taught anywhere and doesn’t exist. If these ginned up parents are so upset perhaps they should just home school their kids. Anyone else see fascism in Florida?
Laurence Jacks, Estero
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Letters to the Editor, Feb. 16
