ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
MGN WASHINGTON (AP) – Florida Rep. David Jolly promises not to ask for money. The Republican, who is running in one of the year’s most competitive – and expensive – Senate races, says that as of this month he personally has sworn off fundraising. He’s leaving that duty to his professional campaign fundraisers, vowing not to spend a single second of his own time wooing donors. The unusual proclamation is born out of frustration, he says. For two years, he has seen firsthand how the chore of buck-raking has overtaken the business of legislating. “You come to Washington thinking you can change the system, and then all of a sudden you get hijacked by the system,” said Jolly, who was elected to the House two years ago. In effect, Jolly is adopting the playbook of popular presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders – hoping to tap voter anger about money in politics even if it means handicapping his own fundraising potential. Trump, a billionaire who can afford to finance his own Republican presidential bid, has called political fundraising a “broken system.” Sanders, meanwhile, has made getting big money out of politics a platform of his Democratic campaign. Both have won plaudits from voters who see them as speaking the truth. There are signs that tactic is trickling down the ballot, with talk in Congress of a “campaign finance caucus” that can devote time to the issue. The federal lawmakers speaking out against money in politics sound a bit self-loathing as they do so. Earlier this month, New York Rep. Steve Israel, a Democrat, wrote in a New York Times column that his upcoming retirement makes him feel “liberated from a fundraising regime that’s never been more dangerous to our democracy.” By his calculation, he’d spent more than 4,200 hours on it over a decade and a half. Reps. John Sarbanes, D-Md., and Walter Jones, R-N.C., share almost no policy objectives – save for campaign finance reform. They’d both like to see congressional races funded by taxpayer rather than donor money, and their legislative proposal to achieve that goal has gone precisely nowhere in its years of existence. “I’m trying to be part of the solution, but I tell people all of the time, ‘I’m part of the problem,’ ” Jones said. Jones said Trump and Sanders have correctly identified money in politics as an issue that resonates with voters. “The frustration is deep,” he said. “Most people understand that money does drive Washington. It’s getting worse.” Jolly’s self-imposed personal fundraising ban comes as he faces a competitive Republican primary in August and, if he succeeds, a tough general election fight in November for the open Senate seat now held by GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio. He described how his plan would work in an interview with The Associated Press. He won’t make phone calls to donors, sign his name to any fundraising requests or hold meetings to ask for money – all things that typically define a good portion of a candidate’s day. What’s more, he’s not fundraising for anyone else, including the Republican Party, which helped elect him to office in the first place. Leo Govoni, the finance co-chairman of Jolly’s Senate campaign, said that although the candidate’s decision to take himself out of fundraising makes his own job tougher, it’s worth it. “David gets it that people are fed up with lawmakers raising money instead of working,” Govoni said. “It takes courage to buck the system, and I think that will resonate with voters. I personally think this could be a movement.” On Tuesday, Jolly plans to introduce a bill that would make his voluntary abstention the law of the land for all members of Congress. He’s hopeful, but not optimistic, that it’ll catch on. It’s based loosely on bans that many states have on state legislators and judges raising money while they’re working. “We have a part-time Congress in a full-time world,” he said. And that’s because of fundraising. A few years ago, a PowerPoint presentation to incoming lawmakers by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recommended that they devote four hours every day to calling for donations. Another hour, the party group said, should be spent on “strategic outreach,” such as meeting potential donors. Things are about as bleak on the Republican side, Jones and Jolly said. But Jolly said he owes his congressional seat to the Republican Party and outside groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. They spent millions – as did the Democratic Party and their outside groups – in a hard-fought 2014 battle. When he arrived in Congress, he felt a debt of gratitude, and though he was surprised by the amount of time he was asked to raise money for his future elections and the party, he didn’t much care for it. “There’s a quiet anger that develops when you are continually being told to do something you don’t want to do,” he said.