Letter of the Day: No thanks

Editor, Daily News:

I would like to set the record straight that Lee County Commissioner Ray Judah does not speak for all Bonita Springs residents, as he stated at the three major roads project groundbreaking: "This is a momentous day. To all the residents of Bonita Springs, this has been a long time coming."

Personally, I've been dreading it. This resident would rather endure the three months of heavy tourist traffic than be permanently scarred with more pavement, cars, traffic, pollution and the inevitable addition of housing developments and strip malls that will be built along these three major roads. It would have been better to use those golden shovels to dig holes to replant all the trees already destroyed for making traveling through Bonita Springs easier for the tourists.

I live here year-round and would much prefer natural beauty to concrete fabrication. Had this Bonita resident wanted to live amongst four- and six-lane roads to everywhere, I would be an east coast resident. Thanks, but no thanks.

Mr. Judah, you certainly have the right to voice your opinion, but please don't presume that you speak for everyone.

Julie Nitschke , Bonita Springs