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The Bluepaper on Cudjoe Regional Effluent Disposal Well
From the Bluepaper: “The Dragon Under the Landfill”: Sanctuary Experts Say Don’t Use Shallow Wells at Cudjoe Regional
Bizarre Coverage of Upper Keys Animal Shelter Continues
As a life-long animal lover, I’ve been following the Upper Keys Animal Shelter story with interest. Here’s the latest from the Citizen: Shelter contract renewed with changes. It’s a sad situation. The Upper Keys shelter has the highest euthanasia rate by … Continue reading
Monroe County Budget Season Look Ahead
Monroe County held its first budget meeting on April 8. At that meeting, they discussed the schedule for the rest of the budget season. Here’s some screen shots.
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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From KeysInfoNet – Contractor error slows North Key Largo speed to 45 mph
Wow. This is an interesting one. The county recently completed a bike path project on C-905. Apparently, as a result of that project the travel lanes were narrowed to something less than 12 feet. The speed limit had to be reduced … Continue reading
BOCC Approves Swap Interlocal
The BOCC approved the swap interlocal this past Wednesday, May 20th. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for Key Largo? That remains to be seen. It all depends on whether the state and the county come through.
Upper Keys Animal Shelter Update Buried in Waste Management Article
From today’s Citizen, buried in an article about waste management: Without comment, [the BOCC] approved a five-year contract with the Humane Animal Care Coalition, Inc., to provide animal control services from Mile Marker 70 through Mile Marker 112, including Ocean … Continue reading
From the Key West Citizen – Corps never OK’d document bearing its logo
Hmmmm. Well, its actually worse than that. The county has engaged in some very questionable behavior with regard to Army Corps funding. This is only the latest discovery. Corps never OK’d document bearing its logo I’ve struggled with whether to write about the … Continue reading
Monroe County’s New Data Portal
Monroe County has a link on its website to a new data portal. There’s a lot of information there. It might take some doing on the user’s part to put it together into some sort of informative format, but as a … Continue reading
The Real Poop on the Infrastructure Sales Tax
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 about it. The report was so poorly done, I … Continue reading
The Real Poop 