Baker advances CAPE CORAL Bulldogs rip Red Knights, 78-54, in District DAILY BREEZE — SPORTS WEATHER: Partly Sunny • Tonight: Partly Cloudy • Wednesday: Partly Cloudy — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 48, No. 35 Thursday, February 12, 2009 50 cents Mayor stresses upside of Cape in down time By GRAY ROHRER Wednesday, Burch acknowl- stimulus package,” Burch said.
[email protected] edged the city’s troubles while Obama also visited Elkhart, Negative economic statistics pointing out its attributes. Ind., a city plagued by rising “We’ll return to a good (housing) mar- in Cape Coral and across “We’ll return to a good (hous- unemployment, on Monday to ket. It may not be in six months, but Southwest Florida — No. 1 in ing) market. It may not be in six push the more than $800 billion we’ll return to a good market.” foreclosures, 10 percent unem- months, but we’ll return to a good stimulus legislation currently ployment — have turned the market,” Burch said. being debated by Congress. —Mayor Jim Burch national spotlight on the city, but He also emphasized the aura National Public Radio got Mayor Jim Burch is using the of positivity he said remains in Burch and the mayor of Elkhart, opportunity to give national the area in the wake of President Dick Moore, together via a tele- sure at least two-thirds of what I ly receptive to the mayor’s mes- media outlets the positive side of Barack Obama’s visit to Fort conference call Tuesday, and say about the city is all good, and sage, but one audience member the Cape.