Category Archives: Cudjoe Regional
Cujoe Regional Field Report
It’s challenging to tease out the facts about the performance of the Cudjoe Regional sewer system during and after Hurricane Irma. Here is an example of two contradictory reports in the Key West Citizen. Unfortunately, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority … Continue reading
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After Irma
The Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (KLWTD) seems to have made it through the storm. From the Free Press. During Hurricane Irma, the Key Largo district was the only sewer utility whose customers never lost the ability to flush, aside … Continue reading
If the Governor Really Wants to Help…
Here’s what passes for “good” news in the Keys. The governor included $15 million in his budget for the Florida Keys. Here’s an item from the Citizen and another from the Reporter/Keynoter. Here’s what county commissioner David Rice had to … Continue reading
Posted in Cudjoe Regional, FKAA, State government, Wastewater
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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
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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Big Coppitt – In Trouble Again
Update: I notice I’m getting a lot of hits on this post. So I want to let people know where they can find the documents I’m looking at. Here’s a link to FDEP’s Oculus website. Click on “Public Oculus Login”. … Continue reading
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Letters – Cudjoe Lawsuit and Canals
It’s well-known that the Cudjoe Regional sewer project is a train-wreck. It’s been mismanaged from top to bottom by Monroe County and their “partner”, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA). Not only is it needlessly expensive and $49 million over … Continue reading
Posted in Canal Restoration, Cudjoe Regional, Wastewater
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The Swap Agreement and Cudjoe Regional
This post about that “wacky” presentation by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) generated a couple of interesting comments. There’s one in particular I want to focus on today. But I’ll start by saying this: I get that Cudjoe Regional customers … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Cudjoe Regional, Monroe County, Wastewater
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What the County Doesn’t Say – Long Term Debt
Monroe County loves to brag about its financial condition. Certain county commissioners love to claim that financial responsibility is a huge priority for them. Hmmm…
The Real Poop 