Cape Coral City Council’s decision to move public comment to the end of meetings has sparked controversy, with some residents claiming their input is being systematically eliminated.
Hear what a former Cape Coral Mayor and an FGCU law professor have to say about the decision:
Cape Coral residents clash with city council over controversial public comment policy change
The council recently voted against a proposal to allow a 30-minute public comment period before consent agenda items, maintaining their summer policy change that pushed citizen input to the end of meetings.
“I think that the overall trend of the city has been to really take less and less seriously what the public has to say,” said Eric Feichthaler, former Cape Coral mayor and local attorney…