Our mission
A city is strongest when residents can see how decisions are made, which powers are being used, and where the law draws the line.
Local power deserves serious scrutiny.
Take Back the Cape is an independent publication focused on Cape Coral's civic institutions. We read the ordinances, trace the public record, and place local controversies in their constitutional and municipal-law context.
Documents before drama
We begin with agendas, ordinances, staff reports, public records, and the text of the law.
Law without mystique
We distinguish legal claims from policy arguments and explain both in language residents can use.
Corrections in the open
When a material fact changes or we get one wrong, we correct the record clearly and promptly.
Editorial independence
No party line. No city-hall access games. No substitute for the record.
Our constitutional lens is not a promise to reach a predetermined answer. It is a commitment to ask where authority comes from, whether procedure was fair, and whose liberty or property bears the cost.