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Money for stadium coming from MSTU

By Staff | Jun 8, 2009

To The Editor,

When will the raping of tax dollars from the unincorporated areas of Lee County stop?

It’s been reported by many media outlets today that Lee County Commissioners are going to borrow $70 million taxpayer dollars from the unincorporated Municipal Services Taxing Unit which has been paid by the taxpayers of Lehigh Acres, San Carlos, Estero, and North Fort Myers. Where is the money from Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita?

Do we as people that live in unincorporated areas in Lee County have a voice when it comes to this?

Why do the taxpayers of the unincorporated areas of Lee County have to support the stadium only? Will Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Spring benefit for this new stadium also?

The original plan sold to the taxpayers was to use Tourist Development Council money – so where is the money commissioners?

Will the commissioners have to raise Unincorporated Municipal Services Tax in this next budget year to cover the cost of the new stadium?

Since the commissioners are borrowing the money for Unincorporated Municipal Services Taxing Unit what current and future projects will not be done for quality of life needs of the taxpayers of the unincorporated areas in Lee County?

In one article it states “But that money will be paid back eventually.”

By whom and at what costs?

I just love the word eventually. According to the Webster Dictionary eventually means “at an unspecified later time” – “in the end.”

So when is it going to end?

Robert Anderson

Lehigh Acres