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You can stick it where the sun don’t shine, if you must — but don’t do it in the Sunshine State.
Although Florida’s so-called “sunshine laws” frequently face assault, they remain neither a farce nor a tragedy but an evolving and vital history of freedom. Full Story
Komen grants help ease breast cancer’s financial toll
When Leesa Crapa was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer, she felt immobilized by the threat of financial devastation.
“My insurance company dropped me,” said the Cape Coral resident. “They said because I had family history and all this business that they just weren’t going to pay anything.” Full Story
Fear & Firearms
Gun sales still brisk in the wake of recession and Democratic control in Washington
Just over a year ago, Southwest Florida gun stores experienced a frenzy of buying that industry veterans had never seen before. Store shelves were bare. Customers plunked down thousands of dollars on ammunition. The rush on weaponry was the result of regime change in Washington. Sales soared amid fears that the new administration would move quickly to institute bans on guns. Full Story
FGCU hosts investment forum, banking experts
Florida Gulf Coast University is hosting the third annual Southwest Florida Investment Forum, sponsored by The CFA Society of Naples, Monday, March 15, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., in the Student Union ballroom. Social time with light hors d’oeuvres begins at 4 p.m. There is no charge to attend. Full Story
Foreclosure rate up in Lee
Foreclosure rates in Lee County increased for the month of January over the same period last year, according to a report by First American CoreLogic. A leading source of U.S. real estate and mortgage data. Full Story
Lennar building new homes at Moody River Estates
Priced from under $190,000
Lennar will start construction of new homes priced from under $190,000 at Moody River Estates, located off Hancock Ridge Parkway east of Orange Grove Boulevard on Moody River Boulevard in North Fort Myers. Full Story
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