Category Archives: BOCC
Connecting the Dots
It’s not hard to see there’s something very wrong with the wastewater projects in the Florida Keys. Cudjoe Regional is $43 million over the bid price. Key Largo taxpayers over-contribute by $26 million compared to the other unincorporated areas. That’s … Continue reading
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Food For Thought
I’ve got another idea beginning to germinate. As I go through this process of examining documents, Monroe County’s pattern of short-changing Key Largo taxpayers on wastewater funding becomes clearer and clearer. Not only that, I can’t help but view it … Continue reading
Does the County Really Need a Spin Doctor?
This headline on KeysNet.com caught my eye a few days ago. I knew I wanted to write about it, but had to let things percolate for a while. Carruthers wants county government to have public information officer, others balk The … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Cudjoe Regional, General Stupidity, Wastewater
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Monkey Math – Tourist Impact Tax
I’m doing a series of posts dissecting reports prepared by Monroe County. County reports need to be fact-checked. This is especially important for Key Largo taxpayers who bear a disproportionate financial burden when it comes to the wastewater projects. This … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Key Largo's contribution, Monroe County, Taxes
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Monkey Math – County Revenue Sharing
In my last post, I discussed general fund revenues. I noticed there were two significant revenue sources missing: proceeds from state revenue sharing and local option taxes. In this post, I’ll discuss shared revenue proceeds. There’s a county shared revenue program … Continue reading
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
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
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
The Real Poop 