Editorials

The long arm of the law. Communication. Protecting and serving the public. Roll them together and you have the impact of two major crimefighting headlines in Southwest Florida.

There is more to the story. When we talk about the importance of economic development, we usually make quick reference to expanding job opportunities and our tax base. We think in terms of putting Southwest Florida on the map for ...

Celebrations. They can be important for recognition, enthusiasm and goodwill. They can represent a coming together of many people for a common cause. They can launch good things to come.

A town center for Estero? Good idea. Estero civic leaders are brainstorming the notion of a community hub for gatherings and perhaps local government, with the area looking ahead to a referendum on forming its own city in November and ...

Consolidation is the big buzz word in emergency services these days. Fire departments and ambulance service providers are thinking more than ever along the lines of working together rather than working separately.

Florida Sen. Garrett Richter has it right. The past legislative session in Tallahassee was good for institutions of higher learning in Southwest Florida.

We see a variation on the theme "No rest for the wicked.'' How about "No rest for the righteous''?

A story in The New York Times featured the Treasure Coast of Florida. But it wasn't good news.

Here we go again. Barely a year after the opening Clam Pass, the Pelican Bay inlet appears dangerously close of drifting shut again. All this is playing out in plain view, so nobody — either beachgoers or public officials — ...

Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott and is right on target. "Bank robberies, as you know, have these very, very high closure rates. I don't understand why people keep robbing banks,'' he said. "They come in, they get their pictures taken, ...

A story in The New York Times featured the Treasure Coast of Florida. But it wasn't good news.

When Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi surveyed the state for crime victim advocates to single out for great public service, she made an excellent choice by including Marisol Schloendorn of Naples among the six.

Let's see ... If basketball has turned Florida Gulf Coast University into Dunk City, could a big splash by national youth football make Naples into Touchdown City?

Two years ago, World Health officials came achingly close to eradicating polio, a crippling, deforming, not infrequently fatal disease that has a cruel affinity for children. Eradication is not an epidemiologist's fantasy.

Why is taking corrective action so hard? Why, if anything is done at all, does it take so long? Those are the questions in the wake of two headline news stories.