Author Archives: M_Blank
Swap Agreement Follow-up
I have zero confidence in the county’s willingness or ability to follow through on any action that may relieve the extremely unfair wastewater funding disparity that they have imposed on their taxpayers in Key Largo. I have good reason to feel that … Continue reading
We Are Experiencing a Lull
I haven’t been posting as much lately. Sorry about that. I’ve been doing some visiting and traveling. Also this next series of posts is a pretty ambitious research project. It’s going to take some time to gather the information and … Continue reading
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Monkey Math – General Fund Revenues
I’ve written here, here and here about how Monroe County likes to manipulate numbers. This post is about the document that was prepared in order to stifle talk of incorporation by creating the impression that Key Largo isn’t much of a contributor. The mythical small … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Incorporation, Key Largo's contribution, Taxes
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Monkey Math – A Great Find!
Remember when I said this in an earlier post? At one time, Monroe County introduced the notion of “donor” and “recipient” communities. They put out a report asserting that Key Largo was a “recipient” community. Here’s a link to a newspaper article … Continue reading
Key Largo in the News
There are a few interesting items in the papers. Key Largo sewer district GM accused of ‘power grab’ Sewer GM avoids official reprimand. Emails, letters reveal widening rift between commissioners Utilities manager fired and replaced On the Key Largo Wastewater … Continue reading
From KeysNews.com – County worries about state funding for land
Here’s an item from KeysNews.com: County worries about state funding for land. Oh boy. They might want to clean up the mess they’ve made of the wastewater projects before they go on another spending spree. How much is this land purchase … Continue reading
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Key Largo and Cudjoe Regional In Pictures
I updated my post, “Key Largo and Cudjoe Regional” to clean things up and add some links. So if you already read it, please take another look. I throw a lot of numbers around and I know that can get tedious. I’m a numbers person … Continue reading
Key Largo and Cudjoe Regional
After I published my post on Cudjoe Regional and Rowell’s Marina the other day, it occurred to me that none of the citizens in the unincorporated area feel they have been well-served by the county when it comes to the … Continue reading
More GM Drama
More drama at the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District. My two cents: Employees come and employees go. Losing the Operations Manager is significant, especially when it’s someone as capable as Dan Saus. But the GM (General Manager) should be able … Continue reading
I Ask Questions
I watched part of the County’s last budget meeting and I started to get concerned. It looks like the BOCC (Board of County Commissioners) is attempting to abandon the wastewater funding issue. Unfortunately, this would do a huge disservice to … Continue reading
The Real Poop 