Category Archives: BOCC
Character Assassination by Hysterical Overreaction?
Update: I tightened this up a little bit. Clarified that the inflammatory language came from Shillinger’s letter, not from the press release. The Citizen’s newest article says they made a public records request and Shillinger replied promptly. Has the county … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Clerk of Court, Media, Monroe County
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Moving Past the Odious Sylvia Murphy and Resolving the High Kill Rate
Update: Comm. Carruthers has claimed that constituents from other districts will find her door open if their own commissioner disagrees with them on a particular issue. Therefore, I went ahead and contacted her about the high kill rate. Can’t wait to … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Shelter, BOCC, Bubba System, Monroe County
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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
Posted in BOCC, Financial Condition, Monroe County
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Disappearing Comments
Hmmm…it looks like Heather Carruthers has deleted some (all?) of my comments to her posts on her Facebook page. I guess she doesn’t much care for my question-asking and fact-finding. My questions regarding the Florida Keys Stewardship seem to be gone. … Continue reading
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Carruthers Tax Lien
I found this document on the Clerk of Court’s website. Apparently, Carruthers and an associate owe over $133,ooo to the Internal Revenue Service. Wow!
Posted in BOCC, Financial Condition
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Kolhage – Financial Disclosure
Update: Not sure which Dan/Danny/Daniel Kolhage is involved in the businesses discussed in the last paragraph. There’s more than one apparently. In any case, there are still some unexplained holes in county commissioner Danny Kolhage’s financial disclosure forms. Undisclosed involvement … 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
Posted in BOCC, Clerk of Court, Elections, Single-member Districts
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Neugent Facing Sanctions for Ethics Violations
Wow! Incredible news from the Blue Paper. The Florida Commission on Ethics (Commission) found county commissioner, George Neugent, violated ethics laws. It’s not incredible to me that Neugent would violate ethics laws. It’s incredible that he actually might face consequences for … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Shelter, BOCC, Bubba System, Monroe County
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BOCC: Budget Silliness
I watched the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) budget meeting online. It’s torture, but it’s helpful if you really want to know what’s going on with Monroe County government. As usual they go into excruciating detail about certain aspects of the budget … Continue reading
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New Tax Rate
I wrote here about Monroe County’s lack of back-up for their budget meetings. It turns out you can find some of it over here. I found it because of this news story on KeysNews.com. As usual, the county is making … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Budget, Monroe County, Taxes
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The Real Poop 