Category Archives: Bubba System
Emergency Services Surtax – Marathon and Key Colony Beach
I’m still digging into Monroe County’s “white paper”, which was written by Monroe County staff in support of Comm. Carruthers’s new sales tax, the Emergency Services Surtax (ESS). The “white paper” claims that by paying for fire and emergency services with … Continue reading
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More About That $38 Million Overrun
Cudjoe Regional isn’t Monroe County’s only disastrously over budget train wreck . That’s “only” $49 million over and counting. As it turns out there are another five capital projects that are now $38 million over budget. According to KeysNet.com, these projects … Continue reading
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State of Monroe County – Animal Control
I took another look at Monroe County’s latest state of the county report. The number of animals handled at each of the animal shelters really jumped out at me. They contradict what was reported in the media when the high … Continue reading
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State of Monroe County – 2015
Took a vacation last week. Still catching up on all the excitement. Looks like the new state of the county report is out – 56 pages of recycled bull-pucky. It looks nice though. Somebody’s very artistic. None of the budget … Continue reading
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Carruthers and Her Cronies
Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers is pushing the Emergency Sales Surtax (ESS). It looks to be another dishonest money grab. Just like the wastewater projects. In this case, the county is looking to take advantage of the taxpayers over a life-health-safety … Continue reading
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Emergency Services Surtax – “Shifting” All Over Key West Locals
Updated to clean up the tables. County Commissioner George Neugent said this in our correspondence about the Emergency Services Surtax (ESS) the other day: There has been a tremendous transformation of Monroe County & municipalities. Going back to the 80s when … Continue reading
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Senate Bill 686 and the Cost of Corruption
Update: There’s mention of a grand jury report in some of the linked newspaper articles. Here it is. I saw this news item while browsing the web: Almost every top official in Texas city arrested in federal corruption case. It really … Continue reading
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Fact Checking the “White Paper”
County Commissioner, Heather Carruthers, has proposed a new sales tax, the Emergency Services Surtax (ESS). She describes it as a “tax shift”. Emergency services are currently paid for through property taxes. Unfortunately, this proposal is being supported with some very questionable … Continue reading
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County Capital Project Costs Out of Control
Sigh. From the KeysNet.com: County capital-project costs skyrocket by $38 million. This is what happens when you’re allergic to math and to reality in general. Remember that thing I said about capital projects. It’s true! It’s really, really true. Capital … Continue reading
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Monroe County – Allergic to Math
Update: Received this follow-up from Comm. Neugent about improved collections for emergency service. I think this is great. I support anything the county can do to improve things financially. I’ll present everything I get in the interest of providing a clear, complete … Continue reading
The Real Poop 