Letter: The 3 Ts

Editor, Daily News:

I agree with Dianne Shanley's June 7 letter that urged readers to "become part of the solution."

We need to let the Collier County commissioners, Collier Environmental Advisory Council and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers know that more is not better, and that we oppose developers buying more and more of our decreasing supply of land and building even more golf course communities and strip malls.

We need to say that we care about environmentally sensitive wetlands that support our dwindling native fauna and flora and also serve as an aquifer for our water supply.

We need to support groups such as the National Audubon Society, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and the Florida Wildlife Federation by volunteering our time, talent and our treasure to help their cause (and support their timely lawsuit against the cluster of five major developments in northern Collier County that would destroy 1,500 acres of wetlands).

Incidentally, during the past few days I heard three different full-time Naples residents relating why they are selling and leaving "paradise." They said they cannot stand to see Naples change so drastically — and not for the better.

They cannot deal with the overdevelopment, traffic and infrastructure problems, the fight to keep Naples a nice place to live and the constantly escalating cost to live here. They feel that more is not better.

Let's all become part of the solution. Let's get the important message out to those who can do something about it:

More is not better.

Connie S. Kindsvater , Naples