To the editor:<\/p>\n
Today I am in my figurative helicopter looking at Lee County.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
I see that Lee County deserves decisions for quality of life that is not always a benefit\u00a0but a burden for our leaders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Growth masks reality where the citizens of Lee County often\u00a0foot the bill for gaps in the infrastructure.<\/p>\n
I see developers\u00a0build new homes and apartments without planning\u00a0for schools, roads, utilities.\u00a0 Portable classrooms\u00a0are popping up by our schools and sometimes\u00a0used\u00a0by 35 students\u00a0 instead of 25, the recommended number of students for the\u00a0mobile\u00a0classroom.<\/p>\n
Our roads are so congested. I only commute\u00a0when I need to.\u00a0The main roads can see 80,000\u00a0cars per day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our insurance for auto and home is high and likely to increase.<\/p>\n
In a nutshell: Affordable\u00a0housing, planned developments with a focus on the future with great schools and teachers are welcomed.<\/p>\n
We find ourselves in a truly\u00a0idyllic paradise.\u00a0 We must preserve\u00a0our\u00a0piece of paradise.<\/p>\n
By becoming\u00a0involved\u00a0with your\u00a0community, we can assure that Lee County will be a leader in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I see a bright future for Lee County from my helicopter and looking forward to tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Kathleen Callard, RNBS<\/p>\n
North Fort Myers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: Today I am in my figurative helicopter looking at Lee County.\u00a0 I see that Lee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-38589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}