I could eat in a restaurant
The letter by Richard Metz on April 18 asks a question we've heard before: who's buried in Grant's Tomb? The facts are pretty clear that General Grant won the war on the right side. The United States thought so then, and still thought so in 1966 when the Lee monument went up in Fort Myers.
In 1966, this paper reminds us, Lee County was struggling with United States' guidelines for integration, all the while being in a state that was one of those United States. Lee, on the other hand, chose to fight on the wrong side, and then lost the war. This, too, has been considered the historical facts recognized by the United States.
Socially and emotionally, I'd rather leave the name, the portrait and the monument where they are, but in 1966 I could not only work at Morrison's Cafeteria, I could eat there as well.
George Cook, Fort Myers
Improving LARC site
LARC, Inc. (Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens) is teamed up with Comcast on an upcoming project and invites local residents to join us to “make change happen” in our community. On Saturday, Comcast employees, their families and friends and community volunteers will come together to improve the grounds and facilities at LARC in Fort Myers.
This project is a part of the 17th Comcast Cares Day, the company’s celebration of its year-round commitment to volunteerism. Everyone is invited to join us from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. because your hard work will have an impact beyond Saturday.
The Comcast Foundation will present LARC with a grant on behalf of everyone who volunteers. That means the more volunteers, the larger that grant check will be to support our mission to promote and provide opportunities for people with developmental disabilities to live, work and participate in their communities to the fullest extent their capabilities allow. To sign-up, visit www.ComcastintheCommunity.com, search for projects in Fort Myers and select “Fort Myers CARE Project.”
Angela Katz, development director, LARC
Keep clubs, bars open late
I think the schedules of the night clubs should be extended. Currently all the clubs in Lee County have a time limit until 2:00 a.m. Like me, I know that many more people are in discontent with this schedule limitation.
I consider this a great problem that is affecting the motivation of people, since they spend the whole week working and find in the weekends an escape from that. The reality is that there are not many places to go and they also close early.
Another sector that is affecting these strict schedules is tourism, as I have met people who have come from other states to vacation and this problem with the schedules have caused that for their next holidays to exclude this from their possible visits. I know that the main cause of this is that the government claims not to have enough budget to pay enough police to allow them to patrol in the extra hours that could be extended. I think the county could restructure its budget and thus create more jobs for the police and also increase the happiness of the people by lengthening the schedules of the clubs.
Amed Otano Benitez, FSW Student
Seeking affordable health care
Following the news, free health care seems to be impossible for United States citizens.
Obamacare was established to help the poorer people get insurance; however, exactly those people for whom it was made, decided to rather pay the fine, than the actual fee for Obamacare. Treatment was only possible for Obamacare-insured people in their own county by designated doctors, but not anywhere else.
The questions that seem to arise are: if free health care possible and can it be free for everyone? Canada seems to be the best example for free health care, but by taking a closer look, high taxes are paid to afford free health care and once you need it, getting an appointment in the time you need it, is basically impossible.
However, even waiting for a dentist appointment or check up on your basic health would make a huge difference if it would be free. People would tend to be more careful with their health and less major health incidents would happen. By looking at countries with free health care, a good and fitting health system could be established for the United States citizen, because nothing is worse than knowing that you need a doctor and you cannot afford it.
Marlis Linsner, Cape Coral