Tom Shadrach

Cape Coral Council Approves Another Huge Tax Increase — Because Why Not? Congratulations, Cape Coral! While your property values slide downhill faster than a kid on a Slip ’N Slide (down 3.29% in 2024 and projected to keep dropping), your City Council just gave a big, happy thumbs-up to the Fiscal Year 2026 budget that raises taxes, assessments, and water/sewer rates by a whopping $58.4 million — or 14.85% . But don’t worry, it’s for your benefit . FY 2025 VS FY 2026 Prposed The city will...

Cape Coral's Hurricane Ian Reimbursement Raises Big Questions About Transparency and Reserves The City of Cape Coral has repeatedly touted that it spent $88 million on disaster recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian, using this as justification for maintaining high reserve funds. But here’s the catch: Lee County, including Cape Coral, was declared a federal disaster area, qualifying the city for both federal and state aid. Under disaster aid laws, the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

Beloved Jaycee Park Destroyed by the Mayor's Greed? The Mayor and Our Parks: Promises, Overruns, and Broken Commitments Mayor John Gunter has frequently touted the city's progress in expanding and improving Cape Coral's park system. But when you take a closer look at the numbers and the broken promises, it paints a very different picture of what's really going on behind the scenes with our tax dollars. Let's begin with the highly anticipated Crystal Lake Park, expected to open this month....