To the editor: While there are many great candidates seeking election to the open Sanibel City Council seats, I would like the community to consider voting for Jason Maughan. Being on the council before, he has done great work helping address the beach erosion issues at Blind Pass. On the ...
To the editor: It’s been said that all politics begin at the local level and that could not be more true with the upcoming Sanibel City Council election. Six candidates are vying for your vote and the opportunity to represent the interests of Sanibel taxpayers. I do not intend to discuss ...
To the editor: In the soon approaching election for Sanibel City Council we have a number of qualified candidates. We would like to note some of the characteristics that lead to a strong recommendation for Mike Miller as the most qualified of them. We have lived on Sanibel for nearly two ...
To the editor: I read in the Feb. 3, 2021, issue of the Island Reporter that COVID-19 cases had topped 200 on Sanibel and Captiva recently. I walk along the Periwinkle path every day. It is very narrow and heavily traveled by bicycles, runners and pedestrians. There is not enough room for ...
To the editor: My wife and I have fallen in love with Sanibel over the past five years during visits from the Boston area. This year we are spending all winter here in rentals, and we have been guided by Mary Bondurant in looking for a home to purchase. When I learned that she is running for ...
To the editor: We are fortunate to have a number of excellent candidates for the Sanibel City Council this year. We are especially fortunate to have among them a candidate who has extensive experience and special expertise in all the areas critical to the growth of Sanibel and our quality of ...
To the editor: I am writing to endorse Mike Miller for Sanibel City Council. I have known him for 20 years, since he retired as vice president and treasurer of Owens-Corning in Toledo, Ohio, and moved to Sanibel. Soon after he moved and established his elder law practice, I became aware of ...
To the editor: In this upcoming city council election, Sanibel voters have the opportunity to form a council that can strengthen our communities most important tenet, “Sanctuary Island.” Currently we have in place two excellent leaders who bolster that core value in Vice Mayor Holly Smith ...
To the editor: I wholeheartedly endorse Dr. Scott Crater for Sanibel City Council. Crater is one of the first people I met when I moved to Sanibel 13 years ago and have come to know him as genuine and grounded, focused on his family and community. Like my wife and myself, the Craters chose ...
To the editor: Sanibel's COVID-19 policy has been a great success so far. Let's look at the statistics, according to the state of Florida. As of Feb. 1, Lee County as a whole has had 52,262 cases, out of a total population of 779,577. So, 6.8 percent of residents have tested positive. Sanibel ...