To the editor:<\/p>\n
At the Nov. 19 Regular Council Meeting, I submitted the following to all council members, the city attorney and city manager for questions and comments my three minutes at the end of the meeting would not be sufficient to say what I believe needs to be said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The Request for Proposal RCR25176KMR for Bimini East closed on Oct. 30, 025.\u00a0\u00a0I would like a current status report as to who, if anyone submitted proposals as we the people already have more than $45 million invested in a large parcel of mowed weeds and property owned by but unusable by citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. I want documentation on the $10 million issue tied to a failed building purchase by the city, how it happened and the individual(s) responsible that was recently reported by WINK news and will result in a state audit of violations within the building department.\u00a0\u00a0A complaint to the state filed by Cape Coral Construction Industry Association based on arbitrary rejections and discriminatory enforcement by the city among other complaints.\u00a0This from a group you do not want to tick off.\u00a0Without them, nothing will get done.\u00a0I also want the address of that specific building and all reports and correspondence issued in regards to this huge failure. Many of us are well aware of the inconsistencies in enforcement of codes and regulations.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0It has been well over a month now since I put in a Records Request for copies of expense reports for all seven council members, the mayor, the City Manager and the City Attorney along with copies of any and all receipts submitted from Jan. 1, 2025 through 10\/15\/2025.\u00a0\u00a0There is no excuse for this delay.\u00a0\u00a0If you have no plans on honoring this request, I need to\u00a0\u00a0know.\u00a0\u00a0Now.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0I also want to know why eight of my Records Requests for copies of Public Official Surety Bond (as required by FL Statute 113.07) for all council members and the mayor, have not been provided. Those Record Request were submitted 16 days ago.\u00a0\u00a0Those Record Request numbers are:\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0R105064-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0R105063-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0R105062-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0R105061-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0R105060-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0R105059-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0 R105058-110325<\/p>\n
\u00a0R105057-110325<\/p>\n
And I want to know why it is taking so long to get documents that should be readily available.<\/p>\n
And I would like an explanation from Council members Kilraine, Lehmann, Donnell, Kaduk and Nelson-Lastra as to why they have not honored their campaign promises to not be like the former council. Candidates that all promised to control the rampant spending and do the will of the people \u2014 not ignore them.\u00a0 But, IMHO they have failed us all.\u00a0\u00a0None of them have made any attempt to roll back any plans but sign off on everything on the Consent Agenda regardless of cost or need including expanding the original parameters of some projects, rationalizing your \u201capproval\u201d because it may have been already budgeted for.\u00a0Did ANY of them EVER opt to reduce the scope of projects?\u00a0Do they realize budgets for projects can and have been expanded \u2014\u00a0but never reduced?\u00a0 Are they aware project parameters can be reduced as well as expanded?\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen no evidence of that.\u00a0 All the city manager does is expand the scope and the cost with no regard for wants of the citizens and the council approves it all.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their\u00a0spending will only increase our taxes at a time where the people in the northeast Cape are suffering with the massive UEP bills they received just before the holidays.\u00a0Guess\u00a0\u00a0their Christmas will be spent wondering how long they will be able to afford to stay in their homes.\u00a0Many, sadly will either lose their homes or have to sell them at a loss.\u00a0Families will be devastated.\u00a0But this administration and majority of council members, IMHO couldn\u2019t care less.\u00a0They wring their\u00a0 hands about how they\u2019re going to pay for a lavish Yacht\u00a0\u00a0Club most of us do not want and the city does not need- especially with a $300-plus million price tag.\u00a0Then there is Bimini East and the golf club they will probably want to spend hundreds of millions on.\u00a0At the COW last week I requested you pull the almost $750,000 median beautification contract as a place to start cutting spending.\u00a0They all\u00a0just rubber stamped a want, not a need.\u00a0Guess you\u2019re as bad as the last council.\u00a0No, IMHO you\u2019re worse as at least we knew who they were.\u00a0\u00a0You all misrepresented yourselves to the citizens and should be ashamed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marie Kavanaugh<\/p>\n
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