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The Financial Squeeze
I started this blog because of the extreme wastewater funding disparity imposed on Key Largo citizens by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Key Largo pays the same taxes as any other unincorporated area, but received $126 million less from … Continue reading
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Financial Squeeze – Employment
Let’s start with a few facts. The wastewater projects are, by far, the largest infrastructure project the Keys has going – $800 million. The wastewater projects in the unincorporated area will cost around $500 million. The two main wastewater utilities … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Number of Establishments
There are numerous factors that have impacted the economy of the Florida Keys – the recession, the BP oil spill, the housing bubble. These are events that had national or regional impact. That is, everyone in the Keys and beyond was affected. Monroe … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Rates
In reviewing material for the “BOCC on the Record” posts, I came across some discussion of the funding disparity issue at the October 2013 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting. It’s garbled and distorted, of course. If you’re looking for … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Affordability
I wrote here about the deceptive way the county presented information to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). That’s not the only item of interest in the report. FDEP also touched on affordability in a tangential way. The U.S. Environmental … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Four Penny Tax
Key Largo is small community of about 13,500 year-round residents. The taxpayers of this tiny community are being asked to come up with $87.3 million to pay for the sewer project. Each household will pay over $6200 just to build it. That … Continue reading
Please No More Excuses
Watching the BOCC discussing the swap interlocal was painful. I’m glad they approved it, but it was painful. It is the very first step in resolving the $26 million funding inequity. They also made it very clear that they would … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida Keys, Monroe County, sales tax, wastewater projects
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Why Carruthers is Like Faulty Wiring
I don’t know the full story yet behind the lien that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) placed on Comm. Heather Carruthers’s primary residence. Apparently she owes over $133,000. Strangely enough I found the document while researching the possibility that a … Continue reading
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What About the Ratepayers?
The Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) is fighting over the staffing plan. Commissioner Andy Tobin has long expressed concerns over staffing issues and a lack of transparency. Rather than seeing to it that these matters are addressed constructively, Commissioner Steve Gibbs … Continue reading
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Hometown Key West – First Candidate Forum – District 5
The Hometown Key West PAC ran their first question and answer session of the campaign season on July 25. They already had a “meet the candidates” event, which I wrote about here. I’m focusing on two races in particular: District … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 