Letter: Program benefits Realtors

The multimillion-dollar septic-tank replacement program on Marco Island was sold to us under false premises.

We were told the septic tanks were polluting our waterways. This had no basis in fact. When citizens have been steamrolled by multimillion-dollar programs such as this, it’s only natural that people will investigate and try to find out if there are hidden reasons behind them.

It’s undeniable that Realtors (many of whom are also builders) will be making huge profits when larger homes are built, bought and sold.

It appears to many of us that the people involved in real estate here have a monetary interest in this program succeeding, along with the hotels, condos and businesses.

To many of us, it seems this program was conceived and then custom-designed to protect their interests. Many of us wonder why this program has continued to be pushed by four of our councilmen.

Something that would go a long way toward reducing our distrust would be if they would all individually go on record and publicly state that neither they nor their clients have any financial stake in the outcome of this.

Some of us also question the objectivity of your reporter, Billy Bruce, whose articles seem slanted in favor of city officials and others promoting this program.

Karen S. Glaub/Marco Island