Category Archives: FKAA
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
FKAA Follies – All Talk, No Action
The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) responded to my public records request. Their follow-up on the Dean residency issue was underwhelming to say the least. I’m sure this surprises absolutely no one. Basically, the FKAA sent the letter and investigative report to … Continue reading
Posted in Bubba System, FKAA, State government
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Bob Dean: Another Follow-up
I’ve been circling back to some dormant issues lately. One of those is Bob Dean’s apparent violation of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority’s (FKAA) rules regarding residency requirements. Simply put, board members are supposed to live in the district which … Continue reading
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Questions and Follow Ups
One of the many things that annoys me about the Board of County County Commissioners (BOCC) and their partner (in crime), the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA), is their tendency to shove things down the memory hole. So I keep … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Bubba System, Canal Restoration, Conflict of Interest, FKAA
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Cross Key Letter
I saw this thoughtful letter by Howard Gelbman in the Free Press about the Cross Key/Monroe Park situation. It’s an open letter to Governor Rick Scott. Scott hasn’t been terribly sympathetic to the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) or to … Continue reading
Posted in FKAA, KLWTD, State government, Wastewater
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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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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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FKAA $3 Million Contract for Toppino
Posted yesterday on www.bigpinekey.com: The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) board is getting ready to award a $3 million contract to one of their own, Richard Toppino. Toppino, as has been discussed exhaustively on this blog, is a FKAA board member … Continue reading
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“Wacky” BOCC Can’t Even Buy Respect
I wrote here about an astonishing presentation prepared by a Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) staffer. Why so astonishing? For one thing, it’s a tacit admission that the Cudjoe Regional project is a failure. There’s no more pretending that it’s the … Continue reading
Posted in BOCC, Cudjoe Regional, FKAA, Monroe County, Wastewater
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The Real Poop 