Cape Coral News

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2009) -- New Mayor John Sullivan said he will call for a City Council vote Nov. 9 asking for City Manager Terry Stewart's resignation minutes after Sullivan takes the oath of office Monday.

RELATED
This is not the first time a Cape Coral city councilman has asked for the city manager's resignation.

In 2007, then District 6 councilman Tim Day stated Terry Stewart's contract should not be extended. See Stewart's performance appraisal report by Tim Day.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2009) -- Incoming council member Kenneth "Marty" McClain's vision of the city's downtown area -- and maybe for all of Cape Coral -- is to reestablish the city as a thriving, vital leader in Southwest Florida. So when people conjure images of Lee County they see more than just Fort Myers.

“We need to create our own personality,” McClain said Nov. 6 while sipping iced tea at Cape Dog and Deli downtown.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2009) -- Mayor-elect John Sullivan wants the city council's focus to be squarely on moving the city forward in the most positive direction possible.

In this episode of Pressure Drop, Eric Taubert expresses gratitude for the opportunity to represent SWFL on Google Wave at such an early point in the evolution of this new technology - he also invites new and future SWFL Google Wave Users to join us online! Barometer Media Owned and operated locally.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2009) -- Chris N. Chulakes-Leetz won the Cape Coral City Council District 4 seat held by Dolores Bertolini by a 10 percent margin.

The Lee County School Districta s director of procurement resigned from his position last week, about the same time Superintendent James Browder ordered a full audit of past transactions with Office Depot.

CAPE CORAL: Cape Coral bar owners are declaring victory in a dispute with the police department.

Early indications from the Lee County Elections Office found that just over 18 percent of all registered voters in Cape Coral and Fort Myers took part in Tuesdaya s general election.

Alone and unarmed, a 60-year old Cape Coral, Florida man was able to scare off two burglars breaking into his home.

The Cape Coral Police Department is sponsoring monthly classes on self-defense strategies for women beginning November 18 and continuing through October 2010.

A Cape Coral teenager is charged with burglarizing the homes of two girls he dated.

A man dressed like Elvis and another man dressed in pirate garb for Halloween were arrested by Cape Coral police on battery charges.

Cape Coral police are reviewing procedures used at checkpoints after James Tallo's DUI case was dismissed by prosecutors last week.

Tanker collisions and coastal storage facilities susceptible to hurricane storm surges are more threatening than drilling rigs and pipelines, the experts said.

Cape Coral Police have released a description of the suspects who robbed a Cape Coral Check & Go store earlier today.

CAPE CORAL, Fla (Oct. 26, 2009) -- Cape Coral taxpayers could spend $1 million to $2 million on a new home for the city's Environmental Resources Division.

RELATED
Environmental Resources Division Building Project

In the upcoming Cape Coral elections, it's boiled down to two political camps: those who are waging campaigns of negativity, promising to fire the administration and cut spending and city services even more; and those who want to continue to make the city the best in our region.

"I want to fly," 6-year-old Joshua Jenkins told his stepfather. "I want to go to the moon." So Phillipe Gayle said he hoisted the 66-pound boy, spinning him around on his shoulder.

A Cape Coral woman has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her young son.

CAPE CORAL: Cape Coral Police responded to an accident that partially blocked the intersection of Gleason Parkway and Chiquita Boulevard.