I sent the following to Cape Coral City Council in advance of Wednesday’s meeting:
First of all, spending $500,000 on a vanity project our “illustrious” city manager thinks will attract visitors to the city is misplaced. No one is going to drive 45 minutes to an hour off the interstate to look at a tall flagpole. He anticipates the cost to be $500,000 but I doubt one can be installed for that.
In this Resolution, the City Manager is asking to move the historical monument at the base of the Cape Coral Bridge. Yet another example of the city administration methodically exterminating our history. And what happens if the monument is destroyed while trying to move it? He is essentially asking our rubber-stamp council to give him the go ahead to move the monument with absolutely no dollar amount attached. My guess is he will move the monument Immediately if not sooner, especially if citizens start pushing back on his agenda. He did it with Jaycee Park, sending in demolition crews to destroy what was there and with the Yacht Club by tearing down the community center while people were trying to save it and have it rebuilt…