Each week through the General Election, The Breeze will ask the candidates for Cape Coral City Council an issue-related question. In the interest of fairness, each candidate is limited to the same amount of space, about 100 words, for their response.<\/p>\n
Cape Coral City Council races are non-partisan races. Council members qualify in their respective districts but are elected at-large. This means all registered city voters may cast a ballot in each race regardless of where they live and the party to which they are affiliated, if any. This year\u2019s General Election, on Nov. 3, features four Cape Coral City Council races: Mayor and the seats for District 1, 4 and 6.<\/p>\n
The candidates below are running for the mayor\u2019s seat on the Cape Coral City Council:<\/p>\n
Question of the Week: What would you delete from the city budget? What would you add?<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 Lisa Cohen-Adkinson<\/p>\n
I would delete waste, duplication and spending that cannot demonstrate value to Cape Coral taxpayers, not the essential services they depend on.\u00a0 I would scrutinize unnecessary vacancies, duplicative administration, excessive consulting, overpriced contracts, unused software and subscriptions, and capital projects that can safely be delayed.<\/p>\n
What would I add?\u00a0 Accountability.<\/p>\n
Every department, contract and major expenditure should have measurable results and a clear reason for being there.\u00a0 Before asking taxpayers for another dollar, we should make sure we\u2019re getting the most from the dollars we already collect.<\/p>\n
Every dollar counts because it\u2019s your money.<\/p>\n