Category Archives: BOCC
Stock Island Grand Jury Report
Updated to include one very critical piece of information. Jeb Bush made public his emails from his time as governor. The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting (FCIR) put them into a searchable database. There’s lots of stuff about the Keys. Reading … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Financial Condition, FKAA, Monroe County, Wastewater
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Emergency Services Surtax and Human Services
Comm. Carruthers tried to cloak her self-serving Emergency Services Surtax (ESS) proposal in some appealing promises to get people to bite. That proposal is supposedly dead for now. But from Carruthers’s point of view, its too good to stay dead for long. I have … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Fire and Ambulance, Human Services, Taxes
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Emergency Services Surtax – Tavernier
Tavernier, like Stock Island, is one of those sub-areas that has special issues when it comes to Comm. Heather Carruthers’s Emergency Services Surtax (ESS) proposal. Local residents in Stock Island will be especially hard hit by the ESS because of its high proportion … Continue reading
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Emergency Services Surtax – Stock Island
The Emergency Services Surtax (ESS) proposal is supposedly “in the freezer“. But I don’t expect it to stay there for long. County staff’s misleading analysis claims that this new tax will shift the cost of emergency services from locals to … Continue reading
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Zombie Tax Won’t Die
I saw this headline on KeysNet.com: Dedicated property tax for emergency services is dead for now. Hmmm…dead for now? As in, it’s going to come back to life at some later point in time? Like a zombie? Well, somebody please … Continue reading
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Bernstein Park – The Pattern Repeats
I was away for a week and it was great! Now I’m catching up on the news. I saw this item on KeysNet.com. Despite being very “irate” over the escalating costs of improvements at Bernstein Park, the Board of County Commissioners … Continue reading
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Emergency Services Surtax – Look Ahead
It doesn’t look like the Emergency Services Surtax (ESS) is going away any time soon. It popped up again in the state of the county presentation. County staff has supported the proposal with some questionable assertions. The ESS is being sold to … Continue reading
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State of the County Presentation
I think we all know by now that Monroe County government is run on bluster and bull-poop. Their stubbornly truth-averse style has led to all sorts of problems, but they have an unshakable commitment to it regardless of repeatedly poor results. Frankly, … Continue reading
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Canal Restoration – Another Gotcha
Monroe County held a special meeting regarding canal restoration. There’s a story about it on KeysNet.com. As usual, there are huge numbers, little clarity and a forced sense of urgency. The county commissioners had nothing to offer but the usual clueless commentary. The dust hasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Canal Restoration, Monroe County
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Campaign Season!
Local politicians are gearing up for campaign season. I’m focused primarily on the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Changes on the BOCC have the greatest potential for positive improvement. This BOCC has been a disaster. They’ve overseen the financially out-of-control Cudjoe … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 