Category Archives: Bubba System
Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge – Getting My Bearings
Understanding this Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge situation is really important I think. Lots of moving parts, lots of players. As discussed in the Land Scarcity Chessboard posts (here, here, here and here), there’s only a finite amount of land that can be … Continue reading
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Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge – Document Tracking
I don’t know much about Monroe County’s Land Use regulations. Never really wanted to know to tell you the truth. But the Oceanside/Ocean’s Edge situation has a scandalous tinge to it. So I’m digging into the documents and trying to educate … Continue reading
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Keys Media Comparison – Lockouts
Update 2: Here’s a press release from Ocean’s Edge about Ocean’s Edge. The development is described as having 175 guest rooms and suites. I’m having trouble squaring this with the affordable housing “crisis”. Anyone else? Update: Here’s the latest from the … Continue reading
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Fighting City Hall
There are a lot of parallels between what’s going on at the national level right now and what’s been going on in Monroe County for decades. The Trump administration has ushered in an era of “fake news” and “alternative facts”. … Continue reading
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Your Brain On Lies
People are saying that America has entered a “post-truth” era. Oh boy. Well, the Keys have always been in a “post-truth” era so welcome aboard. I guess we’re not alone any more. Love him or hate him, very little of what Donald … Continue reading
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The Spin Machine – Under the Hood
Monroe County contributed a couple of items to the Blue Paper about capital projects in the Upper Keys. This appears to be an offshoot of the county’s “Craptacular” spreadsheet deception strategy. The idea is to hyper-focus attention on Upper Keys projects in … Continue reading
Land Scarcity Chessboard – Look Ahead
There has been lots of action on land use/planning/code issues lately. The Blue Paper has been monitoring the convoluted manipulations surrounding the Oceanside Marina project. Very interesting indeed. Links provided here, here and here. Oceanside Marina is a complicated matter, but … Continue reading
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County Administrator – Letter to Editor
Monroe County Administrator, Roman Gastesi, wrote a letter to the editor touting all the county’s accomplishments this past year. Unfortunately, Gastesi steadfastly refuses to address – or even acknowledge – the county’s many troubling, and very serious ongoing failures. This fundamental dishonesty undermines what is … Continue reading
PEER Follows Up On FKAA’s Fake Environmental Assessment
On this blog, I discuss the many ways in which Monroe County has failed the citizens and taxpayers. Their extremely inappropriate “partnership” with the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) has resulted in unprecedented financial waste and struggling wastewater projects. The … Continue reading
Posted in Big Coppitt, BOCC, Bubba System, Conflict of Interest, Cudjoe Regional, FKAA, Wastewater
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Another Hometown Key West Candidate Forum
I finally got around to watching the Hometown Key West candidate forum from September 26. (Sorry. I’m a slow poke.) Of course, I’m focused on the clerk’s race. I think that’s a very important one. On her watch, Amy Heavilin, … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 