Category Archives: Key Largo’s contribution
Couple New Pages
Just want to let everyone know, I added a couple of new pages. The Memory Hole: This is my attempt at keeping track of things. Incorporation Station: This is where I gathered up all the posts about how incorporation would … Continue reading
Emergency Services Surtax – Key Largo
I think I’ve made a very strong case that Carruthers didn’t propose the Emergency Services Surtax (ESS) out of the goodness of her heart. It’s not a “tax shift” that’s meant to benefit locals. Clearly it is designed to help large property … Continue reading
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
Emergency Services Surtax – It’s a Shift Alright
I want to make a brief point about the sales tax. Key West is the largest generator of the sales tax in the Keys – by far. Key Largo is second. The two areas are actually very close when it … Continue reading
Financial Squeeze – Employment
Let’s start with a few facts. The wastewater projects are, by far, the largest infrastructure project the Keys has going – $800 million. The wastewater projects in the unincorporated area will cost around $500 million. The two main wastewater utilities … Continue reading
More Good News!
Updated to include a link to the judge’s ruling. Yay! The swap agreement between Monroe County and the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District (District) cleared another hurdle today. The bond validation hearing went smoothly. Four years after I raised the funding … Continue reading
One Week From Today
My understanding is that the bond validation hearing will take place on December 10, one week from today. The bond validation hearing is the next step in putting the swap agreement into action. The swap agreement will allow for the … Continue reading
The Sewer District and the Streisand Effect
Have you ever heard of the Streisand effect? From Wikipedia: The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated … Continue reading
Keys News Scan
Lots of great stuff in the Free Press and KeysNews today. Sewer meeting tries to dispel tension. Looks like the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District Board is getting over “attorney-gate”. Back to business. Some discussion of the staffing issues. I … Continue reading
Wastewater Project – Worth It or Wasteful?
The Keys are closing in on $800 million spent on sewer projects. That excludes the tie-in costs and the ongoing operational costs. So is this huge expenditure worthwhile? Certainly in some cases, extraordinarily unwise decisions have been made. Taxpayer money has been needlessly … Continue reading
The Real Poop 